Case, scarificator

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OBJECT TYPE: hinged lid
DATE: 1700–1799
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0752.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: wooden case; metal hardware; leather [fish skin] covering.

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.0 cm
Width: 5.3 cm
Height: 8.8 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: 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: To contain and protect contents when not in use.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None, save UHN catalogue no. "X969.165 B" printed by hand in white ink on underside of base. Fragments of buff-colour paper [?] padding remain on inside of lid: some printed text visible, but unintelligible.
Missing: None.
Finish: Octagonal wooden case has dark green-brown pebbled-texture fish skin [leather] covering on exterior; metal closure and hinge. Lining has been removed: fragments of buff-colour paper [?] padding remain on inside of lid.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Case, scarificator, circa 1700–1799, Artifact no. 2002.0752, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0752.002/

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