Tweezers
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- OBJECT TYPE
- point-tip
- DATE
- 1850–1859
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0927.011
- MANUFACTURER
- Konebusch, S.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 11
- Total Parts
- 11
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.9 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 2.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Mass/weight
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Konebusch
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- Period
- Used c. 1850s; 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
-
To securely grasp and precisely place small and/or fragile objects. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None, save UHN catalogue no. "X960.1 M" printed by hand in black ink on inside surface of one arm of tweezers.
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Silver metal.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Konebusch, S., Tweezers, circa 1850–1859, Artifact no. 2002.0927, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0927.011/
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