 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Creator(s): Willis, Frank & Heather Date: 1920 - Description: Replica of a mutton-bird scalding pot. Granite and mortar hearth and surround for a square section kerosene tin. The tin would be filled with water with a fire below and when boiling the rough plucked mutton-birds would be dipped and then the final fine down rubbed off with a hessian bag. The tins were replaced each mutton- birding season. On top of the scalding pot is a ladle made from a tin can and another tin can containing a brush made from tussock grass. The tussock brush is used to remove the fine down floating on the water surface. After 1948 scalding pots were gas fired. Format: realia Object: stoves Material: granite and mortar; tinned mild steel Titles: Mutton-bird Scalding Pot Subjects: mutton-birds; Aboriginal customs People/Orgs: Willis, Frank; Willis, Heather Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00012 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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