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1923.33.53

Iron double-ended lancet for eye operations.

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1923.33.53

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Collection type
Object
Description
Iron double-ended lancet for eye operations.
Geographical reference
Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria
Aurès Mountains Menaa
Cultural groups
Chaouia Berber
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1923
Date collected
1922 - 1923
Acquisition information
Donated: 1923
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal
Dimensions
Length: max 88 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.33.53
Research and responses

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
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, Surgical Instrument