Chopper

Description:

Top-handled, double-blade chopping or mincing knife with two, curved or kidney-shape blades mounted parallel to a central stirrup or inverted Y-form shaft; barrel-shape wooden grip aligned with blades. Blades riveted from outside. No marks.

Date Made: ca 1900

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United StatesPlace Collected: United States: Ohio, Columbus

Subject: Household Tools and EquipmentFood Processing

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life

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Credit Line: Mary Eloise Green

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.322793.64Catalog Number: 76-FT-01.1142Accession Number: 322793Collector/Donor Number: 650

Object Name: chopper, food

Physical Description: iron (shaft material)steel (blades material)wood (handle material)Measurements: overall: 2 in x 5 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 13.97 cm x 13.97 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-4409-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_869589

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