“Tehacktspoon”; used in preparing flax (a scutching knife); M O D, dated 1794; painted red and green; M O D painted on in red with 1794 surrounded by floral pattern
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
Production date:
1794
Accession date:
February 12, 1903
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1961-1962 #76: University of California, Berkeley (May 10, 1962–June 7, 1962)