Chocolate stirrer

Museum number:
3-23983
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2594
Description:
Stirrer for chocolate; soft light wood with burnt wood band decoration; plain stick handle with two pairs of bands; heavy cylindrical base; wide dark burnt band on top; pair of bands near center. length 30 cm cf. 3-23984 Mexico, Jalisco, Guadalaja Materials: Wood Technique: lathe turned, burnt wood Context of use: Used by twirling handle between two hands; base rests on piece of chocolate which is in the bottom of a pot full of milk; the twirling causes a frothy chocolate mixture
Donor:
Alex Nicoloff and Martha Nicoloff
Collection place:
Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
June 24, 1970
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chocolate stirrer, accession number 3-23983, described as Stirrer for chocolate; soft light wood with burnt wood band decoration; plain stick handle with two pairs of bands; heavy cylindrical base; wide dark burnt band on top; pair of bands near center. length 30 cm cf. 3-23984 Mexico, Jalisco, Guadalaja Materials: Wood Technique: lathe turned, burnt wood Context of use: Used by twirling handle between two hands; base rests on piece of chocolate which is in the bottom of a pot full of milk; the twirling causes a frothy chocolate mixture

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