Surgery instrument consisting of long steel blade with serrated edges

Made:
1880-1920
Surgery instrument consisting of long steel blade with serrated

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Surgery instrument consisting of long steel blade with serrated
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Surgery instrument consisting of long steel blade with serrated edges, end of blade brad and slightly curved possibly used as elevator, from Algeria, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652555
Materials:
steel and wood
type:
skull saw