Wooden hand with ball-type wrist joint and tenon thumb

Made:
circa 1900
Wooden hand with ball-type wrist joint and tenon thumb

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Wooden hand with ball-type wrist joint and tenon thumb
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Wooden hand with ball-type wrist joint and tenon thumb. Rigid index and middle fingers which are slightly flexed. The ring and little fingers are articulated at all joints. Made by C.A. Hoefftoke, c.1900.

Details

Category:
Orthopaedics
Object Number:
1999-590
type:
prosthetic hand
credit:
Richmond Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS Trust