Collection

Four cranial crochets

Made:: 1900-1939

Four cranial crochets, copies, used for removing the brain prior to embalming, originals Egyptian, 2000-101BC

Details

Category:: Classical & Medieval Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A634908

Materials:: lead and aluminium

type:: cranial crochets

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Parts

Copies of three ancient Egyptian cranial crochets, 1900-1938

Copies of three ancient Egyptian cranial crochets, 1900-1938

Materials:: lead (metal) and aluminium (metal)

Object Number:: A634908 Pt1

type:: cranial crochet

Copy of Egyptian cranial crochet

Copy of Egyptian cranial crochet

Materials:: lead and aluminium

Object Number:: A634908 Pt2

type:: cranial crochet