Lamp, electric

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OBJECT TYPE: head band
DATE: 1918–1975
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0707.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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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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