Tripod
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Split-leg/Threaded plate
- DATE
- 1920–1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1230.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wooden legs, metal head & other hardware, leather strap.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 146.0 cm
- Width
- 16.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Harvesting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Possibly used by a Forest Service in Eastern Canada. - Function
-
Object on which one securely mounts a surveying instrument at a desired height. In this case, the tripod was used to support theodolite 1988.1316.001. - Technical
-
Type sample. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Stamped in top: 'NO 12146'/ Scratched on top 'FFB' 'FBM'
- Missing
- Leather holding strap broken and part missing.
- Finish
- Varnished wood.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Tripod, circa 1920–1940, Artifact no. 1988.1230, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.1230.001/
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