Sheath, prosthetic

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OBJECT TYPE: adult/arm
DATE: 1900–1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0873.004

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: home built
LOCATION: Unknown

More Information

General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 5
AKA: padding
Patents: N/A
General Description: Off-white fabric [cotton ?] towel remnant has single finished edge; blue, pink and green stripes form decorative pattern.

Dimensions

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

Length: 19.6 cm
Width: 10.5 cm
Height: 3.0 cm
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: 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: Presumably used to provide additional cushioning for amputation site within prosthesis, absorbing moisture and reducing movement within socket.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None evident.
Missing: Unknown- artifact fashioned from fabric remnant.
Finish: Off-white fabric [cotton ?] towel remnant has single finished edge; blue, pink and green stripes form decorative pattern.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Sheath, prosthetic, circa 1900–1950, Artifact no. 2002.0873, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0873.004/

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