Cracker: betel nut

Museum number:
9-5434
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090005434
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Betel nut cracker with action like shears; silver with steel blade; forged; with many beads as trim dangling; 5 1/2 inches long
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Metal and Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cracker: betel nut, accession number 9-5434, described as Betel nut cracker with action like shears; silver with steel blade; forged; with many beads as trim dangling; 5 1/2 inches longHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cracker: betel nut, accession number 9-5434, described as Betel nut cracker with action like shears; silver with steel blade; forged; with many beads as trim dangling; 5 1/2 inches long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cracker: betel nut, accession number 9-5434, described as Betel nut cracker with action like shears; silver with steel blade; forged; with many beads as trim dangling; 5 1/2 inches long

Tools