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OBJECT TYPE: NEOTERIC/NEEDLE-NOSE
DATE: 1983
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0227.001

MANUFACTURER: FISH LINE
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Japan

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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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