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Lot 496
[CIVIL WAR]. Civil War-era medical items, including small knife or scalpel, possibly POW art.
Sale 1252 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 30, 2023
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$200 - 400
Price Realized
$693
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Civil War-era medical items, including small knife or scalpel, possibly POW art.

Bone saw with period wood handle, approx. 14 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. -- Crudely re-hilted small knife or scalpel, with bone handle, approx. 5 1/2 x 3/4 in. Modern typed identification paper accompanying the item indicates that it is a "Confederate medical scapel [sic]" found near Guiney Station, Virginia. Item may also represent a form of POW art. 
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