Avian physiology experiment
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0564.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council Canada
- MODEL
- DUCK HEAD WITH MASK
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Stuffed duck head; mask is modified plastic vial with wires attached/remains of dried rubber seal around beak once held mask tobeak/wooden support is made of cedar, the front part painted black.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.0 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 14.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- mid 1960s
- Canada
-
O.Z. Roy and others at NRC involved in long term research programme on bird telemetry. - Function
-
Duck wore mask to measure respiration rate, oxygen consumption in flight. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mask has 'RIGO 16 MADE IN CANADA' on the bottom.
- Missing
- Wires are not connected with receptors. From CA of 08/29/1997 by Carrie Misener: No - Complete
- Finish
- Duck head has dark brown and beige feathers, black beads for eyes/it's beak is dark brown on top and light brown underneath.
- Decoration
- N/A
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National Research Council Canada, Avian physiology experiment, circa 1965, Artifact no. 1985.0564, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0564.001/
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