Trepanning saw: angular metal blade with serrated end edge and wooden handle.

Collection type: Object
Description: Trepanning saw: angular metal blade with serrated end edge and wooden handle.
Geographical reference: Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria; Aurès Mountains
Cultural groups: Chaouia Berber
Person: Field collector Melville William Hilton-Simpson; PRM source Melville William Hilton-Simpson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1913
Date collected: 1913 - 1938
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 118 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.16.7
Research and responses: Related Documents File - 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]
Related Documents File - See RDF for labels written by Hilton-Simpson for various objects in this collection. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/12/2004]
Associated publications: Related Documents File - 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]

Search terms: Medicine, Tool, Surgical Instrument, Saw

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