Bian Needle
Warring States period
Collected at Shuli-nzhao, Dalate Banner,Inner Mongolia,in 1 978. Bronze. L:4.6 cm,blade w:0.15 cm,pointed at one end,with triangular waist. The broad end is a semicircular knife. The pointed end was for acupuncture, and the other for bloodletting. (Collection of Shaanxi Museum of Medical History.)