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1914.24.1

Circumcision tool made from recycled cartridge cases with moving blade. [FB 19/03/2014]

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1914.24.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Circumcision tool made from recycled cartridge cases with moving blade. [FB 19/03/2014]
Geographical reference
Pakistan
Asia > Southern Asia > Pakistan
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1914
Date collected
By 1914
Acquisition information
Donated: 19/06/1914
Materials and processes
Material Brass Metal, Material Metal, Process Recycled, Process Perforated, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions
Length: max 140 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1914.24.1
Associated publications
Illustrated in colour on page 60 of The Pitt Rivers Museum: A World Within, by Michael O’Hanlon (London: Scala, 2014). Caption (same page) reads: '44 Circumcision instrument, made from recycled cartridge cases. Ferospore, India Length 140 mm Donated by Major S.H. Lee Abbott 1914.24.1' [MJD (Verve) 19/2/2016]

Search terms: Medicine, Tool, Religion, Ritual and Ceremonial, Surgical Instrument, Medical Accessory

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