Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Glass eye found in the Paneriai Forest, Lithuania, outside of Vilnius. Thought to be from a burial site related to a Holocaust event.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Genevieve Abel
Physical Details
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Medical equipment
- Object Type
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Eyes, Artificial (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Oblong shape, curved, with brown iris, for right socket.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 0.940 inches (2.388 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.440 inches (1.118 cm)
- Materials
- overall : glass
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The glass eye was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Genevieve Abel.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 20:13:47
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn14045
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