Pliers
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NEOTERIC/NEEDLE-NOSE
- DATE
- 1983
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0227.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FISH LINE
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CASTMETAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.2 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 1.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools-Hand
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- FISH
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS TOOL KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN USED FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES 1995+. THIS STYLE PROBABLY AVAILABLE C.1983+.
- Canada
-
PART OF THE EXHIBIT "TODAY'S JAPAN: DESIGN SAMPLING '95", PRODUCED SPECIFICALLY TO SHOWCASE TALENTS OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE DESIGNERS, FOR CANADIAN PUBLIC. EXHIBIT VENUES INCLUDED HARBOURFRONT CENTRE, TORONTO & NMST OTTAWA - Function
-
USED FOR HOLDING SMALL OBJECTS, BENDING WIRE, ETC. - Technical
-
DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR 'NON-INDUSTRIAL' APPLICATIONS, THIS SMALLER, CURVING FORM IS IDEAL FOR USE BY WOMEN. CONCEPT OF NEOTERIC TOOLS GREW FROM DESIRE TO BROADEDN MARKETS FOR MANY SMALL & STRUGGLING JAPANESE MFRS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'FISH LINE' & MERMAID LOGO STAMPED INTO PLIERS AT JOINT
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- BRIGHT SILVER METAL FINISH
- Decoration
- N/A
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FISH LINE, Pliers, circa 1983, Artifact no. 1996.0227, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0227.001/
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