M0015272: Leaf-shaped siliceous stone knife in bast grip, North American

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Native American Indian's knife, leaf-shaped of siliceous stone, in bast grip.

Photograph of an indigenous North American knife. It was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

October 1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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 2021.

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