Flower-making tool

Museum number:
18-574
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000574
Accession number:
Acc.2156
Description:
Tool to make paper flowers; wooden handle; zinc plated steel shaft with curved flattened and pointed tip which is brass plated on filed portion. Young girls make flowers to sell in market and use at home. Set 561-574 is made by ironsmith in Sungai Puar. Length 21.7 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 18-574, described as Tool to make paper flowers; wooden handle; zinc plated steel shaft with curved flattened and pointed tip which is brass plated on filed portion. Young girls make flowers to sell in market and use at home. Set 561-574 is made by ironsmith in Sungai Puar. Length 21.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flower-making tool, accession number 18-574, described as Tool to make paper flowers; wooden handle; zinc plated steel shaft with curved flattened and pointed tip which is brass plated on filed portion. Young girls make flowers to sell in market and use at home. Set 561-574 is made by ironsmith in Sungai Puar. Length 21.7 cm.

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