 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1920 -
Description: An open, white painted wood and plywood box containing coarse salt into which plucked mutton birds were rolled and salt rubbed over, in preparation for packing in wooden casks. Casks were then topped up with brine of a concentration to float a potato or fresh egg. The number 45 is written in texta on LHS of outside of the box. One of the original artefacts in the replica mutton-bird processing shed. Format: realia Object: boxes Material: wood Titles: Mutton Birding Salting Box Subjects: mutton-birds People/Orgs: Willis, Frank & Heather Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00494 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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