Physician's staff of natural wood with rough knob handle and carved ivory snake embedded along length of shaft topped with carved skull, probably European, 1701-1900
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A4221
- Materials:
- ash, ? material, ivory, ferrule, metal and ferrule, wood
- Measurements:
-
overall: 925 mm 37 mm, .36 kg
- type:
- staffs
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
