General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

diagram

Patents

N/A

General Description

paper, wood, metal and fibre components

Dimensions

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

Length

98.0 cm

Width

40.5 cm

Height

3.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Medical equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

China

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

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

Possibly used in acupuncture instruction.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Chart bears numerous Chinese characters. UHN catalogue number "X969.51.1." printed by hand in pencil on chart, near upper dowel attachment point. "AM3897" printed by hand in pencil on reverse of chart. "X969.51.1" and "AM/ 3897" printed by hand on small paper tag attached to cord.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Off-white paper has shiny, coated borders surrounding hand-drawn and coloured stylized illustration of adult male as viewed from back; Chinese characters printed in black ink. Drawing is suspended from beige/unbleached cords fastened to white painted squared wooden dowel through metal eyes; octagonal wooden [?] dowel inserted through lower edge of hanging has red, grey and off-white oriental-patterned fabric covering on exposed ends.

Decoration

N/A