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Plectrum: M.9-1982

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown (Uncertain)

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Categories

Description

Needlework tool or plectrum. Reconstituted natural material (tortoise shell?), moulded flat pear-shaped form. One side has a slightly curved surface with a channel running down the middle.

Notes

History note: Given to the Wellcome Institute by Miss V. Alford, 2 Henleaze Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. No Wellcome no.

Legal notes

Given by the Trustees of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in accordance with the order of Mr Justice Foster of 21st March, 1977

Measurements and weight

Length: 4.8 cm
Width: 3.0 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1982) by Wellcome Trustees

Materials used in production

uncertain Tortoise shell

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Tortoise shell (?), moulded into a flat pear-shaped form

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.9-1982
Primary reference Number: 30517
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 4 April 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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