Scutching knife

Museum number:
7-1190
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
170 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.71
Description:
“Tehacktspoon”; used in preparing flax (a scutching knife); painted blue, black, green and red; painted red flowers and leaves on blade; length 20.25 in, width 5 in
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Halsingland, Sweden
Verbatim coll. place:
Helsingland; Sweden
Culture or time period:
Swedish
Collector:
Axel O. Lindstrom
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Scutching blades
Accession date:
February 12, 1903
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1966-1967 #19: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (November 1, 1966–December 20, 1966)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scutching knife, accession number 7-1190, described as “Tehacktspoon”; used in preparing flax (a scutching knife); painted blue, black, green and red; painted red flowers and leaves on blade; length 20.25 in, width 5 in

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