Unknown (Uncertain)
Needlework tool or plectrum. Reconstituted natural material (tortoise shell?), moulded flat pear-shaped form. One side has a slightly curved surface with a channel running down the middle.
History note: Given to the Wellcome Institute by Miss V. Alford, 2 Henleaze Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. No Wellcome no.
Given by the Trustees of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in accordance with the order of Mr Justice Foster of 21st March, 1977
Length: 4.8 cm
Width: 3.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1982) by Wellcome Trustees
uncertain Tortoise shell
Moulding : Tortoise shell (?), moulded into a flat pear-shaped form
Accession number: M.9-1982
Primary reference Number: 30517
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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