Knife, circumcision
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PEDIATRIC
- DATE
- 1880–1899
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0637.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Steel blade; silver (plated ?] handle.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.5 cm
- Width
- 4.7 cm
- Height
- 3.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- presumably used c. 1880-1899, and possibly 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
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None, save UHN catalogue no. "X945.2" printed by hand in white ink on handle.
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Steel blade; silver (plated ?] handle.
- Decoration
- Ornate swirling bands and floral elements cast in raised form on hollow handle.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Knife, circumcision, circa 1880–1899, Artifact no. 2002.0637, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0637.001/
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