Tongs
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 2012
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2012.0061.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- India
More Information
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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