vegetable strainer (strainer (food processing & storage)); paste squeezer

Wooden vegetable strainer consisting of two parts. The top part has a circular central section with two rectangular handles on either side. There is a wooden cylindrical protrusion pegged into the circular central section that inserts into the bottom part. The bottom part has a hollow wooden cylindrical central section with a thin iron piece over the bottom of the cylinder with holes pierced in it to strain the vegetables through. The iron is attached to the wooden cylinder by overlapping iron triangles and nails. The rectangular handles on the bottom part curve at the base down to the bottom of the strainer to form rough pyramids in cross section.
Label: London County Council

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn830
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 302 mm x 73 mm x 89 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; iron
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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