M0003754: Surgical instruments made from Obsidian

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Ancient artifacts of obsidian and white quart maybe used by prehistoric surgeons in Peru for making incision

Reproduction of a photograph showing possible surgical instruments used to make incisions in pre-historica Peru. They are made from obsidian and white quartz.

December 1933

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8 x 11 cm

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 2021.

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