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OBJECT TYPE: POULTRY BANDING/WING/MANUAL
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0077.002

MANUFACTURER: PARSONS, E.C.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 12.0 cm
Width: 7.8 cm
Height: 1.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Poultry equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: PARSONS
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: FOR ATTACHING WING TAGS TO POULTRY. V-SHAPED TAG IS PLACED IN PLIERS, WITH ROUND DEPRESSION IN TAG FITTING INTO DEPRESSION IN 1 JAW. PLIERS ARE THEN PLACED OVER WING (AS NEAR SHOULDER AS POSSIBLE, LEAVING DEPTH FOR WING GROWTH) & PRESSURE IS APPLIED WITH JAWS OF PLIERS TO SEAL THE TAG. BLUE PAINT ON HANDLE OF .1 & JAW OF .2, & RED PAINT ON JAW OF .3, MAY BE USED TO DETERMINE IF PLIERS ARE RIGHT WAY UP.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1-.3 'E.C. PARSONS/ ENGLAND' INCISED AROUND JOINT ON 1 SIDE/.1 'KETCHUM' INCISED AROUND JOINT ON OTHERSIDE/.2 &.3 'BCM/ KETCHUM' INCISED AROUND JOINT ON OTHER SIDE; 'KETCHUM' INCISED IN BOTH HAND GRIPS
Missing: From CA of 07/29/1997 by Pat Montero: No - Complete
Finish: SHINY PLATED METAL FINISH/.1 RAR PORTION OF GRIP PAINTED BLUE (WITH RED UNDERCOAT TOWARDS END)/.2 1 JAW PAINTED BLUE (WITH RED UNDERCOAT TOWARDS TIP)/.3 1 JAW PAINTED RED (WITH BLUE UNDERCOAT)
Decoration: INCISED CROSSHATCHING ON HANDLES

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PARSONS, E.C., Pliers, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1986.0077, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1986.0077.002/

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