- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Iron spike for extracting teeth.
- Cultural groups
- Luo
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1936
- Date collected
- 1936
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1937
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal
- Dimensions
- Width: max 6 mm, Length: max 190 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1937.34.41
Search terms: Medicine, Medical Accessory, Surgical Instrument
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