Metal tool

Museum number:
9-11540
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
SS (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
scraper; single piece iron, spatula shaped blade on a long handle. handle terminates in a knob. Length 46.5
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
before November 1970
Materials:
Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
used for turning chapatis or for stirring khoya when still thin. cost: Rs. 2.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 46.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Metal tool, accession number 9-11540, described as scraper; single piece iron, spatula shaped blade on a long handle. handle terminates in a knob. Length 46.5Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Metal tool, accession number 9-11540, described as scraper; single piece iron, spatula shaped blade on a long handle. handle terminates in a knob. Length 46.5
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metal tool, accession number 9-11540, described as scraper; single piece iron, spatula shaped blade on a long handle. handle terminates in a knob. Length 46.5

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