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Meat cleaver

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1890-1930

GUSN

GUSN-20224

Description

Meat cleaver w/ metal handle painted black. Sides of handle curved for gripping. Cleaver blade has hole in top for hanging.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cleavers
cookware
steel (alloy)
wood (plant material)
Steel
CLEAVER

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2.875 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.3387

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