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1938.7.1

Surgical knife with wooden handle and metal blade, hooked at one end. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/12/2004]

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1938.7.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Surgical knife with wooden handle and metal blade, hooked at one end. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/12/2004]
Cultural groups
Tama
Person
Field collector Anthony John Arkell
PRM source Anthony John Arkell
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1938
Date collected
By 1938
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions
Length: max 252 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.7.1
Research and responses

According to Ethnologue Online, the Tama are actually located in Chad not The Sudan. [CF 22/2/2000]

Search terms: Medicine, Tool, Surgical Instrument, Knife

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