PLUCKER, POULTRY
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact5964
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19950043000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 16.5
- Width
- 2.2
- Description
- STEEL TWEEZERS WITH BLADE SHAPED END. TWEEZER TEETH ARE WIDE AND BENT OVER WITH FLAT PART OF TEETH MEETING. ENDS OF TWEEZERS COME TOGETHER TO FORM BLADE SHAPED HANDLE WITH POINTED END. TWEEZERS ARE SCRATCHED AND PITTED WITH SOME OXIDIZATION AND CORROSION. STAMPED ON BACK IN LOW RELIEF IS "MADE IN HONG KONG".
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- History
- PLUCKERS WERE USED IN THE LEE CAFE IN LETHBRIDGE BETWEEN 1955 AND 1960 BY BARKDAT LEE. POULTRY WAS PURCHASED LIVE AND PROCESSED IN RESTAURANT. TWEEZERS WERE USED TO PLUCK OR DIG BROKEN FEATHERS FROM BIRDS.
- Catalogue Number
- P19950043000
- Acquisition Date
- 1995-10
- Collection
- Museum
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