- Object Name:
- Circumcision Knife
- Artist/Maker:
- Weske Cutlery Co.
- Place Made:
- Sandusky, Ohio, United States
- Date:
- c. 1950
- Medium:
- Steel and plastic; paper case
- Dimensions:
- 9 3/16 × 7/16 in. (23.3 × 1.1 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Kashi Family in memory of their parents and grandparents Shimshon and Hannah Kashi
- Accession Number:
- 1998-48
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This razor was used as a circumcision knife by Shimshon Kashi, a mohel in Afghanistan.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.