Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

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Nombre total de parties

2

Ou

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Brevets

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Description générale

WOODEN BASE/ STEEL BLADE/ METAL FASTENING DEVICES

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

72,5 cm

Largeur

41,3 cm

Hauteur

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Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Agriculture

Catégorie

Traitement de récolte

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Fabricant

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Pays

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État/province

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Ville

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Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Période

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Canada

This tobacco cutter was collected by ethnographer Marius Barbeau in the summer of 1936. It was bought from Joseph Aubin of L'Île-d'Orléans, who reported to Barbeau that his grandfather Léon had made it. Mr. Aubin sold an estimated 22 items to Mr. Barbeau for 60.00 dollars. Marius Barbeau was a renowned Canadian ethnographer and folklorist in the first half of the 20th century known for his work on Indigenous groups and collections of songs and stories. In 1936 and 1937 Barbeau travelled to Ile de Orleans and other locales near Quebec City and bought hundreds of agricultural and domestic artifacts for a museum first developed by the Department of Agriculture in 1920. The former Department of Agriculture museum was located on the same site as the current Agriculture and Food Museum on the Experimental Farm property. Source: Listed on page 15 as number 311 under Joseph Aubin’s name as “Moulin a hacher le tabac ou hache-tabac (instrument with which to cut tobacco),” in the document “Artefacts_Min Agriculture Ottawa 1936” from the Canadian Museum of History’s archival fond entitled the Marius Barbeau fonds. Entreprise link: http://opentext/OTCS/llisapi.dll/link/6642150 This research was performed by volunteer Denise Steeves in November-December 2019.

Fonction

Notes on the object in Barbeau’s inventory states as follows: “Moulin a hacher le tabac ou hache-tabac (instrument with which to cut tobacco), made by grandfather’s owner, Leon”.

Technique

Hand-made from roughly-hewn planks, this cutter was presumably for home use and would cut up dried tobacco leaves into finer portions.

Notes sur la région

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Détails

Marques

UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED ALL INFO IS HANDWRITTEN/ IN BLACK MARKER ON UNDERSIDE OF BLADE GUIDE: 'X-434'/ IN BLACK MARKER ON BLADE GUIDE IS: '6.3'/ IN PENCIL ON BLADE GUIDE IS: 'G 68'

Manque

From CA of 07/17/1997 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined - There may be missing pieces.

Fini

VARNISHED HANDLE ON BLADE HOUSING/ ALL OTHER WOODEN PIECES ARE UNFINISHED & DIRTY/ BASE HAS SEVERAL NAIL HOLES IN IT/ BLACK METAL BLADE & FASTENING DEVICES

Décoration

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