Corkscrew

Museum number:
2-69055a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210269055a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Home bar tool. Corkscrew, zoomorphic; a) nickel plated steel helical wire worm inserted into brass tail; 7.2 cm long; b) cast brass caricature of dog with hole in backside as sheath; "Hootch Hound" cast into flank of dog; 7.6 cm long; sheathed length 10.5 cm long
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Verbatim coll. place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Corkscrews
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Corkscrew, accession number 2-69055a,b, described as Home bar tool. Corkscrew, zoomorphic; a) nickel plated steel helical wire worm inserted into brass tail; 7.2 cm long; b) cast brass caricature of dog with hole in backside as sheath; "Hootch Hound" cast into flank of dog; 7.6 cm long; sheathed length 10.5 cm longHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Corkscrew, accession number 2-69055a,b, described as Home bar tool. Corkscrew, zoomorphic; a) nickel plated steel helical wire worm inserted into brass tail; 7.2 cm long; b) cast brass caricature of dog with hole in backside as sheath; "Hootch Hound" cast into flank of dog; 7.6 cm long; sheathed length 10.5 cm long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corkscrew, accession number 2-69055a,b, described as Home bar tool. Corkscrew, zoomorphic; a) nickel plated steel helical wire worm inserted into brass tail; 7.2 cm long; b) cast brass caricature of dog with hole in backside as sheath; "Hootch Hound" cast into flank of dog; 7.6 cm long; sheathed length 10.5 cm long

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