Chocolate stirrer

Museum number:
3-29017a-c
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Utensils; wood used for whipping chocolate; cut from one piece with rounded base and loose rings. a) lathe turned with dark stained circular pattern, insets of bone; L 27.5 cm; b) coarser version of "a", decorated with dark stained rings; L 32.5 cm; c) undecorated, bottom of bulb base cut out; L 30.0 cm.
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Michoacán, Mexico, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Michoacan
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Chocolate stirrer, accession number 3-29017a-c, described as Utensils; wood used for whipping chocolate; cut from one piece with rounded base and loose rings. a) lathe turned with dark stained circular pattern, insets of bone; L 27.5 cm; b) coarser version of "a", decorated with dark stained rings; L 32.5 cm; c) undecorated, bottom of bulb base cut out; L 30.0 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Chocolate stirrer, accession number 3-29017a-c, described as Utensils; wood used for whipping chocolate; cut from one piece with rounded base and loose rings. a) lathe turned with dark stained circular pattern, insets of bone; L 27.5 cm; b) coarser version of "a", decorated with dark stained rings; L 32.5 cm; c) undecorated, bottom of bulb base cut out; L 30.0 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chocolate stirrer, accession number 3-29017a-c, described as Utensils; wood used for whipping chocolate; cut from one piece with rounded base and loose rings. a) lathe turned with dark stained circular pattern, insets of bone; L 27.5 cm; b) coarser version of "a", decorated with dark stained rings; L 32.5 cm; c) undecorated, bottom of bulb base cut out; L 30.0 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chocolate stirrer, accession number 3-29017a-c, described as Utensils; wood used for whipping chocolate; cut from one piece with rounded base and loose rings. a) lathe turned with dark stained circular pattern, insets of bone; L 27.5 cm; b) coarser version of "a", decorated with dark stained rings; L 32.5 cm; c) undecorated, bottom of bulb base cut out; L 30.0 cm.

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