Embryotomy Forceps

Dateca. 1950

Mediummetal

Dimensions10 × 3 1/2 × 3/8 in. (25.4 × 8.9 × 1 cm)

ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Dr. A. H. Follingstad

Object numberPC1974.27.41

DescriptionThis object is a long pair of stainless steel forceps with a small locking ratchet near the ring handles. The tips of the jaws are slightly concave and their edges serrated. Initials "A.H.F." are stamped below the hinge on one jaw, with an unknown manufacturer's logo directly above the hinge. No easily visible corrosion aside from minor scratches and blemishes from use and slight discoloration inside the concave jaws.

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