Drawer containing contents of a tool kit

Details

• Title

  Drawer containing contents of a tool kit

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

  Asia › Iran › Isfahan (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1830

• Material and technique

  wood drawer; metal instruments, mostly steel, some inlaid with gold, and some with openwork decoration; instrument hafts of bone or mother-of-pearl

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › wood;

  processed material › metal › alloy › steel;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  organic › animal › bone;

  organic › animal › shell › pearlshell › mother-of-pearl

• Technique index

  covered › inlaid;

  carved;

  decorated › openwork

• Object type

  tool/implement › adze;

  tool/implement › saw;

  container › box;

  miscellaneous equipment › stake;

  tool/implement › clamp;

  tool/implement › vice;

  tool/implement › hammer;

  tool/implement › pliers;

  instrument › scientific instrument › measure › balance;

  tool/implement › sharpener › whetstone;

  tool/implement › file;

  container › case › tool/implement-case;

  science/medicine › medical/medicine equipment › medical instrument › surgical instrument › forceps;

  tool/implement › pincers

  more

• Dimensions

  drawer 2.5 x 22 x 35.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  22

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Museum of History of Science, 1955.

• Museum location

  Lower ground floor | Gallery 1 | Exploring the Past

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1955.1.2

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