Prosthetic Peg Leg
Prosthetic Peg Leg
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- Description
- William Minton Hawkins of Elba, Alabama, submitted this model with his application for a patent for a peg leg.
- Ref: William Minton Hawkins, “Improvement in Artificial Legs,” U.S. Patent 129,340 (July 16, 1872).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Peg Leg
- leg, prosthetic
- peg leg, prosthetic
- peg leg, artificial
- prosthesis
- date made
- ca 1872
- maker
- W. M. Hawkins
- Physical Description
- leather (leg material)
- metal (leg tip material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 31.115 cm x 3.175 cm
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 16 in x 3 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 40.64 cm x 8.255 cm
- ID Number
- 1997.0119.26
- accession number
- 1997.0119
- catalog number
- 1997.0119.26
- patent number
- 129,340
- subject
- Disabilities
- Prosthesis
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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