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1913.17.86

Trepanning instrument, wood handle and metal blade.

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1913.17.86

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Collection type
Object
Description
Trepanning instrument, wood handle and metal blade.
Geographical reference
Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria
Aurès Mountains Djemorah
Cultural groups
Arab
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1913
Date collected
By 1913
Acquisition information
Donated: 1913
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 145 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1913.17.86 Other numbers: 2
Research and responses

Haas Ezzet, ICT Officer, PRM states: firstname el Messaud surname (often father's name) bel M'barak, surname sounds dubious, more likely to be bin al m'barak. The ‘bin’ part means 'son of'; bil means 'in'; al or el mean 'the'. The surname is similar to the current President of Egypt in sound, but has Gulf/Arabia region origin rather than Egyptian. [January 2004]

Associated publications
See collectors file for Hilton-Simpson for a copy of Shawiya Berber Surgical Instruments in the Aures Mountains, 1913-1922, by John Kirkup (Curator of the Historical Instrument Collection, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London) to be published in the Congress Proceedings, September 1998, of the International Society for History of Medicine. [CF 8/1/2002] This object was featured in the Museum's on-line fact sheet ‘Surgical Instruments’ produced during the DCF-funded 'What's Upstairs?' project, 2004–2006. [BR 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/11/2005]

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