Prosthetic Peg Leg

National Museum of American History

Object Details

W. M. Hawkins
Description
Patent model for William Minton Hawkins, “Improvement in Artificial Legs,” U.S. Patent 129,340 (July 16, 1872). Hawkins lived in Elba, Alabama.
Location
Currently not on view
ca 1872
ID Number
1997.0119.26
accession number
1997.0119
catalog number
1997.0119.26
patent number
129,340
Object Name
Peg Leg
leg, prosthetic
peg leg, prosthetic
peg leg, artificial
prosthesis
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
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
National Museum of American History
Subject
Disabilities
Prosthesis
Record ID
nmah_210887
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e0e5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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