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"SMIC" scalpel/surgical blade, loose, No. 10
Object/Artifact
A single curved, pointed steel blade of scalpel "belly" type, heavily corroded. Stamped lettering survives in fragments along the face; the legible portions read "SMIC," accompanied by small star-shaped devices and the number 10.
2025.1.240
This surgical instrument was repurposed as a pencil sharpener and as a house tool.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
2025.1
SMIC
Shanghai
People's Republic of China
Asia
PRC, mid-to-late 20th century.
"SMIC" with small star/asterisk devices and the number "10"
Steel
Poor
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use
Shanghai
People's Republic of China
Asia
production