Tool, butchering

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OBJECT TYPE: wooden
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2013.0033.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Gambrel
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: Gambel
Patents: N/A
General Description: Hand carved wooden gambrel [gambel].

Dimensions

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

Length: 73.0 cm
Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 3.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Animal husbandry
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Home slaughtering was a common practice before the establishment of commercial abbatoirs. This gambrel[gambel] was one of the homebuilt tools used in that process.
Function: Used to hold the sides of an animal carcass open post slaughter... and to aid in the speedy cooling of the flesh to prevent the onset of putrification.
Technical: Proper and rapid cooling of an animal carcass is essential to the safe processing of slaughtered livestock. Prior to chill rooms in abbatoirs use of a gambrel[gambel] stick was essential.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Note Parks Canada Catalogue No.: "x.68.191.7" is printed by hand in white ink on arm". Mfr's:"None".
Missing: Nothing missing
Finish: Hand carved wooden gambrel [gambel].
Decoration: None

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Unknown Manufacturer, Tool, butchering, before 1900, Artifact no. 2013.0033, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0033.001/

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