Forceps
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0094.012
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 11
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 12
- Total Parts
- 16
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal forceps
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.7 cm
- Width
- 5.1 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This bag & instruments presumably used ca.1850s-1880s; possibly also used later.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto ON. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Early medical bag containing assortment of gynecological instruments, most probably mfd. ca. late 18th c. (Chandler Instruments) to 1880s. (ref. 3) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised on inside of both arms: "11"/ "X934.16.6J" marked in white ink
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Silver-coloured metal forceps.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Forceps, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2002.0094, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0094.012/
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