surgical instrument;
circumcision equipment
- Museum number
- Af1972,01.9.a-h
- Description
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Set of eight metal 'circumcision' hooks tied up with cord.
- Dimensions
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Height: 10.50 centimetres (a-h (tied together))
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Width: 4.10 centimetres (a-h (tied together))
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Depth: 1.90 centimetres (a-h (tied together))
- Curator's comments
- Recorded as 'For circumcision and cicatrisation. From the Loma of Gbenela near Macenta, Guinea.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1972
- Acquisition notes
- Af1972,01.1 to 9 were purchased from Fade Mohamed Kaba, and are objects from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1972,01.9.a-h