Fixation forceps (one of an eleven-piece set of medical instruments)
3rd century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueBronze with silver and copper inlay
DimensionsLength: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the Gift of the Boston Numismatic Society, Gift of Francis Brooks, Gift of Mr. Samuel L. Cabot, Cesnola Collection, Benjamin Pierce Cheney Donation, Gift of Joseph H. Clark, Gift of Miss Helen Collamore, Gift of Mrs. John Templeman Coolidge, Everett Fund, Gift of Henry H. Fay, Gift of Edward Gans, Gift of Mr. Costas E. Goltsos, Gift of Dr. James Grant, Gift of George W. Hammond, Gift of Robert E. Hecht, Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes, Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund, Gift of Reginald Jenney, Gift of Mrs. Henry Lyman, Gift of Edward Robinson, Bequest of Miss Rebecca Salisbury, Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Shaw, Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins, Storer Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William deForest Thomson, Gift of Adams Tolman, and Gift of Edwin A. Wyeth, and Classical Deaccession Fund
Accession number2005.328
On View
On viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
2nd-3rd century A.D.
2nd–3rd century A.D.
2nd–3rd century A.D.
2nd–3rd century A.D.
18th–19th century
about 100 B.C.–A.D. 50
A.D. 150–275
about A.D. 200
2nd–3rd century A.D.
2nd–3rd century A.D.