chopper, for vegetables, unripe mangoes and the preparation of quid; metal base with chopping blade connected by a hinge; rusted. Total length 51.5 cm x height 13 cm Made by - c 1936 Role in trade - found all over N. India, obtained in U.P.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1970
Materials:
Steel (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Choppers (prehistoric cutting tools)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
cutting unripe mangos, preparation of quid, and other vegetables; the 'medalion' ins ornamental and used for grating coconuts
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
total— length 51.5 centimeters and total— height 13 centimeters