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OBJECT TYPE: prosthetic/adult/leg
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0876.002

MANUFACTURER: Authors, Cox & Hanger Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: braces or straps
Patents: N/A
General Description: Off-white woven elastic fabric straps have 3 pale green stripes running lengthwise on fabric; fitted with 4 silver metal hooks.

Dimensions

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

Length: 107.5 cm
Width: 11.4 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Assistive technologies
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Authors
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Presumably used c. 1920s; 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: Assists in securing prosthesis to wearer, and reduces weight to be born by amputee when wearing limb.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "PAT. MAY 2 1900" stamped into back of metal harness fittings. UHN catalogue no. "985.19" printed by hand in black ink on metal fitting.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Off-white woven elastic fabric straps have 3 pale green stripes running lengthwise on fabric; fitted with 4 silver metal hooks.
Decoration: N/A

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Authors, Cox & Hanger Ltd., Harness, 1920, Artifact no. 2002.0876, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0876.002/

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