Cleaning cloths for acupuncture needles, Japan

Made:
1980-1990 in Japan
Two fabric cloths, in packets

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Two fabric cloths, in packets
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Two fabric cloths, in packets, for cleaning the needles used in the Insertion Tube, or Kanshino, method of acupuncture, from the surgery of a British practitioner c.1996, unsigned, Japanese, 1980-1990.

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Object Number:
2002-486
Materials:
paper, fabric and complete
Measurements:
overall: 126 mm x 194 mm
type:
cloth
credit:
Kelley, R.