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CHANDELIER BASE GRATTOIR PORC [1 record]

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Record 1 1981-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Craft Industries
  • Anthropology
OBS

When the weather turned cold and it was hog slaughtering time, the farmer filled his huge iron vats with water and brought it to a boil by lighting a fire under them. After the hog had been gutted it was lowered into the boiling water to scald off its bristles. Then a hog scraper was used to remove the rest of the bristles. Candlesticks shaped like this tool get their name from the hog scraper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie artisanale
  • Anthropologie
OBS

Nous possédons un chandelier peu ordinaire, muni d'une crémaillère qui permet de hausser ou de baisser la plate-forme où est fixée la bougie. (...) Un autre possède une base de fer-flanc qui rappelle les grattoirs qu'utilisent des bouchers pour nettoyer le porc de ses soies après l'avoir ébouillanté.

Spanish

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