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Collection: Unidentified

Unknown

This object is a crudely made metal box taller than it is wide with an open top. The box is painted khaki green. One side…

Unknown in plastic Bags

These are two long bags made of thick, transparent plastic. Both are stapled shut at the top. One (2018.ast.108.1) has a piece of light pink…

Eyepiece

This is a brass lens or eyepiece. The tube of this lens is quite narrow, with flared ends, one of which is much broader than…

Unknown

This object has a solid rectangular metal base. Mounted horizontally on top of this on a chunky curved metal support is a cylindrical microscope tube…

Two Prismatic Lenses

These are two cylindrical brass optical instruments, each with an angled prism fitted inside the tube and a toothed gear around the circumference of the…

Unidentified

This is a pink and brown cardboard box that contains two identical small metal pieces. Each piece consists of a fine wire bent into a…

Metal Pieces in Cardboard Box

This artifact consists of a small cardboard box with a large paper label that originally contained “Astra II” spectrophotographic plates (48.1). The box contains three…