Three bamboo tubes

Made:
1980-1985 in Japan
Three bamboo tubes, each sealed at one end, used to reduce pain

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Three bamboo tubes, each sealed at one end, used to reduce pain
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Three bamboo tubes, each sealed at one end, used to reduce pain, by means of pressure, and control the temerature of burning moxa during moxibustion therapy, from the surgery of a British practitioner c.1996, unsigned, Japanese, 1980-1985.

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Object Number:
2002-466
Materials:
bamboo and complete
Measurements:
overall: 130 mm 24 mm,
type:
tube
credit:
Kelley, R.