item details
NameSaf-T-Coil intrauterine device (IUD)
ProductionDame Margaret Sparrow; assemblage artist; late 1990s; New Zealand
Classificationpersonalia
Materialscardboard, plastic, thread
DimensionsOverall: 95mm (width), 60mm (height), 2mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH022285
Credit lineGift of Dame Margaret Sparrow, 2011
Overview
This Saf-T-Coil intrauterine device (IUD) was collected by Dame Margaret Sparrow during her career as a Family Planning doctor in Wellington, New Zealand.
She collected it partly to assess how it had performed. This device was inserted in Yugoslavia in 1992 and removed in New Zealand in 1997.