Flower-making tool

Museum number:
18-573
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000573
Accession number:
Acc.2156
Description:
Tool to make paper flowers; wooden handle; zinc plated steel shaft with curved flattened tip. Young girls make flowers to sell in market and use at home. Set 561-574 is made by ironsmith in Sungai Puar. Length 21.5 cm.
Donor:
Nancy Tanner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sungai Puar, Sumatra, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Flower-making tool, accession number 18-573, described as Tool to make paper flowers; wooden handle; zinc plated steel shaft with curved flattened tip. Young girls make flowers to sell in market and use at home. Set 561-574 is made by ironsmith in Sungai Puar. Length 21.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flower-making tool, accession number 18-573, described as Tool to make paper flowers; wooden handle; zinc plated steel shaft with curved flattened tip. Young girls make flowers to sell in market and use at home. Set 561-574 is made by ironsmith in Sungai Puar. Length 21.5 cm.

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