Lamp, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- head band
- DATE
- 1918–1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0707.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- physician's head lamp
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal [probably includes aluminium], leather, synthetic [probably bakelite] and glass components.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.0 cm
- Width
- 15.5 cm
- Height
- 10.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lighting devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Probably used c. 1918- 1940
- 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
-
Light worn on physician's forehead, used to illuminate patient's face during examination. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None evident, save UHN catalogue no. "975.8.11 a" printed by hand in black ink on inside of lamp shade.
- Missing
- Substantially complete. Missing one small screw head on band, at mounting plate attachment point.
- Finish
- Silver metal lamp housing [aluminium lamp shade ?], mounting bracket and attachment plate, and minor fittings; brown leather head band; woven green fabric covering on electrical cord; black mounded synthetic [bakelite ?] connectors and plug head covering; black coated adhesive tape present on connectors and cord. Fitted with frosted glass bulb.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lamp, electric, between 1918–1975, Artifact no. 2002.0707, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0707.001/
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