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1954.6.126

Lancet and retractor for removing the uvula. Metal rod with spatulate end set into bone handle.

1954.6.126

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Collection type
Object
Description
Lancet and retractor for removing the uvula. Metal rod with spatulate end set into bone handle.
Geographical reference
Tibet
Asia > Eastern Asia > Tibet
Western Tibet Kyelang
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
Date / Period
Date made: Before 01/07/1933
Date collected
By 1 July 1933
Acquisition information
Donated: 1954
Materials and processes
Material Metal, Material Bone
Dimensions
Length: max 220 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1954.6.126 Other numbers: 235
Associated publications
Referred to and illustrated, see B & D plate VI, in 'Surgery in Thibet', by Cecil Rowntree, Ethnologia Cranmorensis, 1938, published by Cranmore Ethnographical Museum. Photocopy in the RDF. [ZM 3/9/2004]

Search terms: Medicine, Tool, Medical Accessory, Surgical Instrument