Single ended silver metal dental battle-ax excavator with smooth cylindrical faceted handle end with a oval-shaped edge.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa).
Dates
1900
1920
circa 1900-1920
Date Remarks
Provided by donor
Material
metal: grey
Inscriptions
Etched: "137"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-5
Dimension Notes
Length 14.7 cm x Width 0.4 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, 21.
Research Facts
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 identified as a dental excavator "battle-ax" through comparisons with dental instruments in the S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co. Catelog.