 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1900 -
Description: Tinned mild steel jam tin, with the lid still attached and bent up to form a handle, half full of solidified beeswax. The wax was used to seal the ends of barrels once they were filled with mutton-birds. One of the original artefacts in the replica mutton-bird processing shed. Format: realia Object: cans Titles: Home Made Container of Beeswax Subjects: mutton-birds People/Orgs: Willis, Frank & Heather Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00501 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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