Knife board
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- Metadata
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- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 18xx/19xx
- Subjects
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Kitchen utensils
Cooking
United States
History
- Material Type
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Implements (object genre)
- Language
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No linguistic content
- Extent
- 1 object
- Historical Note
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This soft pine board was used in cleaning knives. The blade was placed on the raised sloped center that was sometimes covered with leather, then cleaned and polished. Other types of knife boards consisted of a long, narrow wooden board with an open box at the end to hold the polishing agent.
- Holding Institution
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Michigan State University. Museum
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