Shark's tooth lancet
- Made:
- 1891-1930
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Shark's tooth lancet, called "ponga kiva" in vernacular, used to remove interior large swellings, from Vaitupu, Ellice Islands, 1891-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A655857
- Materials:
- wood, tooth, shark and fibre, string
- type:
- lancets
- credit:
- Kennedy, D.G.
