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Pruning Secateurs - Sunbury Mental Hospital, Metal, circa 1879
Reg. No: SH 850106
- Summary:
- Pruning secateurs, circa 1879, used at a Victorian psychiatric hospital, Sunbury Mental Hospital. They were allegedly made by one of the patients at Sunbury Mental Hospital. They were possibly used 1879-1940.
- Description:
- Secateurs made of iron with short curved blades.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Sunbury Mental Hospital (Asylum), Office of Psychiatric Services
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 32.50 cm (Height), 12.50 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | gardening, mental health, mental health institutions, metalworking, occupational therapy, psychiatric hospitals |
| Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Occupational Therapy |
| Tertiary Classification: | products |
| Place & Date Made: | Sunbury Mental Hospital (Asylum), Victoria, Australia, 1879 |
| Place & Date Used: | Sunbury Mental Hospital (Asylum), Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, circa 1900 |
| References: | Card with display. Oral history. |
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