M0012297: Seven surgical knives on display

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Surgical knives from Samoa, New Guinea, Central Australia,

Photograph of seven surgical knives from Samoa, New Guinea, Australia, the Admiralty Islands, Java, and Hawaii, made from a range of materials including bone, shell, and glass, as on display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum with captions. These items were accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R10100/1936, R361/1941, R6544/1936, R9640, R7982/1936, R1371/1937, R663/1936) but are not held by Wellcome Collection.

February 1952

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the items depicted in the glass plate negative:R10100/1936,

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.