Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

life jacket

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

synthetics (probably foam and nylon); fibre (probably cotton); metal

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

31,0 cm

Largeur

50,0 cm

Hauteur

6,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Technologie médicale

Catégorie

Divers

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Plastimo

Pays

France

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Lorient

Contexte

Pays

Libye

État/province

Inconnu

Période

September 19, 2015

Canada

Taken from curatorial worksheet (reference 1): One of 7 items obtained by Canadian Dr. Simon Bryant while on tour for Medecins Sans Frontier (MSF) on the M.Y. Phoenix (http://blogs.msf.org/en/staff/blogs/moving-stories/bringing-home-the-rescue-zone). In 2015 MSF Canada has been active in the migrant crisis on the Mediterranean. Dr. Simon Bryant was one of the doctors who did a tour in August 2015. I asked for Dr. Bryant to collect items that reflected the MSF experience and mission. It was fairly uncommon to find anybody wearing lifejackets in the inflatable rafts and boats, although on occasion children would have some form of flotation device. This could be for example an inflated vehicle inner-tube, or an inflatable vest intended only for supervised swimming-pool use. In the transfer of people between rescuing vessels over the months, large numbers of lifejackets were exchanged and passed back and forth. Several certified children’s lifejackets found their way onto the Phoenix in this manner and were put to good use.

Fonction

To prevent wearer from sinking in water.

Technique

Inconnu

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

Print on front of vest " P [logo]/ PLASTIMO" [the "O" is torn]. Print on inside of vest "P [logo]/ PLASTIMO/ TYPHOON/ 100 Newtons". Print at the bottom of label "dist. par PLASTIMO, BP 435, 56325 Lorient FRANCE". There are warnings on usage in 8 different languages. Small print on reflective badges "SOLAS/0062[/]13/ REFLEXITE [logo of a ship's wheel]".

Manque

Appears complete.

Fini

Bright orange synthetic (nylon?) outer shell with dark blue zipper and straps. Black buckles, dark blue print and two silver reflective badges sewn to front of vest. Large white label with blue print sown to the inside of vest. Orange synthetic whistle is attached to vest by a rope.

Décoration

There are 5 pictograms; 1. depicts child size vest; .2 depicts 100 newtons rating; .3 logo for EN ISO compliant; .4 drawing of child and buckles; .4 washing instructions.