Tongs

Museum number:
9-11539
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
tongs; two pieces bell metal, joined by a pin so they move with a scissor action, gripping between blunt ended pinchers. handle ends terminate in flattened knobs. Length 24.5 cm.
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:
Metal (bell metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1970
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 24.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tongs, accession number 9-11539, described as tongs; two pieces bell metal, joined by a pin so they move with a scissor action, gripping between blunt ended pinchers. handle ends terminate in flattened knobs. Length 24.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tongs, accession number 9-11539, described as tongs; two pieces bell metal, joined by a pin so they move with a scissor action, gripping between blunt ended pinchers. handle ends terminate in flattened knobs. Length 24.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tongs, accession number 9-11539, described as tongs; two pieces bell metal, joined by a pin so they move with a scissor action, gripping between blunt ended pinchers. handle ends terminate in flattened knobs. Length 24.5 cm.

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