Tongs

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 2012
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2012.0061.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: India

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: kitchen tongs
Patents: N/A
General Description: Bright stainless-steel.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 26.4 cm
Width: 7.8 cm
Height: 2.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Food processing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: India
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This example never used. This type available for use 2012; possibly also earlier/ later.
Canada: Distributed in Canada. Donated for the collection by Lee Valley at the time of Food exhibition planning at the CAgM. [Ref. 2]
Function: Used to grasp and manipulate small objects.
Technical: Can comfortably grip items up to about 5" in diameter. Lightweight, compact style especially well suited for use in kitchen (ie. grasping hot jars and lids being sterilized, gripping small or slippery food stuffs such as pickles out of a jar, etc.) [Ref. 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None evident.
Missing: None.
Finish: Bright stainless-steel.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Tongs, circa 2012, Artifact no. 2012.0061, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2012.0061.001/

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