Chopper

Museum number:
9-11471
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
chopper; for vegetables, preparing quid, and cutting unripe mangoes; wood base with steel blade connected to base with a hinge; length 51.2 cm x width 9.7 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:
1970
Materials:
Iron (metal) (rusted) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Choppers (prehistoric cutting tools)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
for chopping vegetables, preparing quid, and cutting unripe mangos
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 51.2 centimeters and width 9.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Chopper, accession number 9-11471, described as chopper; for vegetables, preparing quid, and cutting unripe mangoes; wood base with steel blade connected to base with a hinge; length 51.2 cm x width 9.7 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Chopper, accession number 9-11471, described as chopper; for vegetables, preparing quid, and cutting unripe mangoes; wood base with steel blade connected to base with a hinge; length 51.2 cm x width 9.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 9-11471, described as chopper; for vegetables, preparing quid, and cutting unripe mangoes; wood base with steel blade connected to base with a hinge; length 51.2 cm x width 9.7 cm.

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