Betel Nut Cutter

Unidentified Southeast Asian maker

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not dated

Silver, Iron

Overall: 5 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 3/8 in. (14.9 × 3.6 × 0.9 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Samuel Eilenberg

2001.47.34341

Geography

Place Made: Southeast Asia, Asia

Period

20th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Food Processing

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Course History

ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015

ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015

ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015

WRIT 7.28, Team Communication & Identity: One Team, Two Teams, Red Team, Blue Team, Svetlana Grushina, Winter 2020

WRIT 7.28, Team Communication & Identity: One Team, Two Teams, Red Team, Blue Team, Svetlana Grushina, Spring 2021

ITAL 14, Introduction to Italian Culture, Tania Convertini, Fall 2021

COCO 21, What's In Your Shoebox?, Francine A'Ness and Mokhtar Bouba, Spring 2022

Provenance

Samuel Eilenberg Betel Nut Collection, New York; given by the estate to the present collection, 2001

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