Chicago Cubs Artificial Eye
date: label: date made
content: Ca. 2006
notes: label: Description
content: Artificial eye worn by Richard Linnekin, a U.S. Marine—and Cubs fan—who served in Iraq, and lost his left eye when his convoy was attacked by mortar shells.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Bethesda
topic: label: Subject
content: Prosthesis
label: Subject
content: Disabilities
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Disabilities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Rich Linnekin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0126.03
label: accession number
content: 2009.0126
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0126.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: eye, artificial
label: Object Name
content: prosthesis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 1 in x 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.2225 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 1 in x 7/16 in; 1.5875 cm x 2.54 cm x 1.11125 cm