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Type of Object
Bag, medical
Date of Manufacture
1925-1945
Physical Details
Black leather medical bag with two handles and a lockable metal snap clasp. The bag has a flat, long rectangular base, to which the leather pieces comprising the sides have been stitched. Four leather teardrop-shaped pieces are sewn to the exterior leather of the bag, which are threaded with steel rings and attached to leather handles. One leather piece is attached to a single side of the bag and positioned such that it can reach the other side, and is clasped to a locking metal block to provide for secure closure.
Dimensions
20 cm. x 42 cm. x 15.5 cm.
Medical Subject
Equipment and Supplies
Accession Number
1982.101a
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Medical Bag, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00083.jpg