Surgical instrument consisting of spike-like blade fixed into wooden handle

Made:
1880-1920
Surgical instrument consisting of spike-like blade fixed into

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Surgical instrument consisting of spike-like blade fixed into wooden handle, used in trephining, Algerian, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652534
Materials:
steel and wood
type:
trephines