General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

wood, string, metal wire and paper label components.

Dimensions

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

Length

14.0 cm

Width

2.5 cm

Height

1.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Medical equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This tool would have been made and used before 1921.

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

Tentatively identified as tool for arranging specimen, presumably on microscope slide.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Paper label is damaged; text printed on label reads in part "..HNSON'S PRIVATE LABORATORY/ TORONTO/ BLOOR ST. WEST" and "...BE SHAKEN". UHN catalogue no. "x921.3.12 A" printed by hand in white ink on handle end.

Missing

Unknown.

Finish

Wooden handle [resembles straight pen] has dark brown/black finish; silver metal wire extends from one end; unbleached fibre string and paper label wrapped around wire attachment point [presumably to reinforce join.]

Decoration

N/A