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OBJECT TYPE: CANVAS
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0449.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CANVAS FABRIC HAS COTTON STRING TIE CLOSURES.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 55.2 cm
Width: 51.2 cm
Height: 1.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Tool storage
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Alberta
Period: THIS TOOL ROLL MAY HAVE BEEN USED C. LATE 1940S- C.2000.
Canada: ACQUIRED WITH METAL LATHE & ACCESSORIES OWNED AND USED BY MR. (PAUL) HENRY NESS, BANFF, AB.. MR. NESS BOUGHT THE LATHE AND SELECTED ACCESSORIES IN 1946 FROM THE WAR ASSETS CORP., FOR USE IN HIS GARAGE HOBBY SHOP. PRESUMABLY HE ACQUIRED AND USED THIS TOOL ROLL FOR STORING SOME OF HIS SMALL TOOLS/ TOOL ACCESSORIES.
Function: USED TO ORGANIZE AND STORE SMALL TOOLS, TOOL BITS, ETC.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF INEXPENSIVE CANVAS TOOL ROLL, COMMON AND POPULAR STORAGE VEHICLE FOR SMALL TOOLS, TOOL BITS, ETC. POCKETS ALONG ONE EDGE ALLOW INDIVIDUAL TOOLS TO BE QUICKLY ACCESSED: FLAT PORTION IS FOLDED OVER POCKETS, ROLLED AND TIED CLOSED USING STRING CLOSURES, TO MINIMIZE SIZE AND PREVENT SPILLAGE OF TOOLS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Six pockets of roll bear handwritten text: thought to read (from right to left) "2 11/ [?]", "1/8", "1/4", "3/4", "1/2" and "5/8". [NB: text is not clear, due to heavy soiling of canvas.]
Missing: NONE.
Finish: BUFF-COLOUR CANVAS IS HEAVILY SOILED.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Roll, tool, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2001.0449, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0449.001/

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