“Tehacktspoon”; used in preparing flax (a scutching knife); M L D - Anno 1791; ornate painting of swirling lines in red and green; length 18 in, width 6.5 in
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:
1791
Accession date:
February 12, 1903
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)