Utensils

Museum number:
9-11544
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
food slicer, grater; wood frame with four metal blades: one peeler, one corrugated slicer, one straight slicer with screw adjustment, one grater, half fine, half coarse. three cookie cutters, metal: one corrugated circle, one heart, one boteh. Length 32 cm, Width 9.8 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Karol Bagh, New Delhi, Delhi State
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Delhi State, Karol Bagh, Ajimal Khan Market
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
January 4, 1970
Materials:
Steel (alloy) (sheet metal) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
used in food preparation. cost: Rs. 1.50
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 32 centimeters and width 9.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Utensils, accession number 9-11544, described as food slicer, grater; wood frame with four metal blades: one peeler, one corrugated slicer, one straight slicer with screw adjustment, one grater, half fine, half coarse. three cookie cutters, metal: one corrugated circle, one heart, one boteh. Length 32 cm, Width 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Utensils, accession number 9-11544, described as food slicer, grater; wood frame with four metal blades: one peeler, one corrugated slicer, one straight slicer with screw adjustment, one grater, half fine, half coarse. three cookie cutters, metal: one corrugated circle, one heart, one boteh. Length 32 cm, Width 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Utensils, accession number 9-11544, described as food slicer, grater; wood frame with four metal blades: one peeler, one corrugated slicer, one straight slicer with screw adjustment, one grater, half fine, half coarse. three cookie cutters, metal: one corrugated circle, one heart, one boteh. Length 32 cm, Width 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Utensils, accession number 9-11544, described as food slicer, grater; wood frame with four metal blades: one peeler, one corrugated slicer, one straight slicer with screw adjustment, one grater, half fine, half coarse. three cookie cutters, metal: one corrugated circle, one heart, one boteh. Length 32 cm, Width 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Utensils, accession number 9-11544, described as food slicer, grater; wood frame with four metal blades: one peeler, one corrugated slicer, one straight slicer with screw adjustment, one grater, half fine, half coarse. three cookie cutters, metal: one corrugated circle, one heart, one boteh. Length 32 cm, Width 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Utensils, accession number 9-11544, described as food slicer, grater; wood frame with four metal blades: one peeler, one corrugated slicer, one straight slicer with screw adjustment, one grater, half fine, half coarse. three cookie cutters, metal: one corrugated circle, one heart, one boteh. Length 32 cm, Width 9.8 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Utensils, accession number 9-11544, described as food slicer, grater; wood frame with four metal blades: one peeler, one corrugated slicer, one straight slicer with screw adjustment, one grater, half fine, half coarse. three cookie cutters, metal: one corrugated circle, one heart, one boteh. Length 32 cm, Width 9.8 cm.

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