Wax, dental
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- OBJECT TYPE
- impression/bite/sheet
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.1246.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HICKOK SPECIALTIES CO.
- MODEL
- ALUWAX
- LOCATION
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown wax-like compound in sheet form. The box is made of cardboard with a paper coating.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.2 cm
- Width
- 8.0 cm
- Height
- 5.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Dentistry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HICKOK
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Grand Rapids
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
This was was used either for bite or impression molds of dentition. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'ALUWAX/PATENTED/The Perfect Impression Wax/HICKOK SPECIALTIES CO./ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH./Printed in U.S.A.' and 'ALUWAX/Bite and Impression Wax/ REGULAR' printed on box top.
- Missing
- Several sheets of wax.
- Finish
- The wax is a shiny green-grey. The box is white card- board, the paper coating is a shiny black.
- Decoration
- Decorative script and linear design on the front of the box.
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HICKOK SPECIALTIES CO., Wax, dental, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1984.1246, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.1246.001/
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