Instrument, Dental
- Object Name:
- Instrument, Dental
- Object ID:
- 1981.045.07
- Description:
- Tool, dental. Ebony and ivory. Dark wood handle section ~4" long. Plain section ~3" long with slight taper to 0.3" diameter. It then flares slightly to 0.45" diameter section and length of ~1". Checkered pattern in that flared area. Fine copper wire wrapped around, holding crack together; crack goes all through handle material and is ~1.8" long. Polished steel, slightly-bent pick tapering from 0.03" to 0.11"; length 1.25". Short conical section with steel ferrule at its base. Hole through shaft near ferrule. Steel section inserted into ivory-like ferrule with turned cross-section tapering to slightly-flared base. Interior cylindrical section fits inside wooden handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Ebony
Ivory
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-5.9 Dia-0.5 inches Weight-0.376 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Dental Society Loan
- Subjects:
- Dental equipment and supplies, Dental instruments
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