Single ended silver metal dental ordinary hoe with broken tip with smooth cylindrical faceted handle and thin angled hook on end.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa).
Dates
1960
1990
circa 1960-1990
Date Remarks
Provided by donor
Material
metal: silver
Inscriptions
Etched: "CHANDLER WARD"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-5
Dimension Notes
Length 14.9 cm x Width 0.5 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
Condition Remarks
Shows minor wear
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"S. S. White Dental Catalog, Catalog-F”, S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co., October 1916, p.16.
Research Facts
Dr Ralph and Mrs Olga Crawford donated their extensive Canadian dental collection to the DCF to create the museum in 1997; further donations were received while Dr Crawford was Curator Emeritus at the Dental Canada Museum until its closure in 2008; instrument matches photo of "ordinary hoe" in the S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co.'s catelog.