Tongs

Museum number:
9-11537
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
SS (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
tongs; single piece of iron bent to form 2 parallel arms. bent end forms a knob-like configuration. Length 42 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
before November 1970
Materials:
Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
used for turning chapatis in coals in fire. cost: Rs. 2
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 42 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tongs, accession number 9-11537, described as tongs; single piece of iron bent to form 2 parallel arms. bent end forms a knob-like configuration. Length 42 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tongs, accession number 9-11537, described as tongs; single piece of iron bent to form 2 parallel arms. bent end forms a knob-like configuration. Length 42 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tongs, accession number 9-11537, described as tongs; single piece of iron bent to form 2 parallel arms. bent end forms a knob-like configuration. Length 42 cm.

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