Plantation kraut cutter
date: label: Date
content: mid 19th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: The bottom half of a plantation kraut cutter, or vegetable slicer. The cutter is rectangular with a wooden base and side tracks for the slide box. The base is constructed from two (2) pieces of flat wood that has large crack running through them, with four (4) slicer blades placed across the center at a diagonal. The side track on either side of the cutter has deep grooves for the missing slide box. One side track has three (3) flat head screws and the other side has two (2) flat head screws and a nail. The base of the cutter is slightly raised and is resting on two (2) flat bars at each end of the cutter. The bars are attached with four (4) flat head screws on each side. One side has a fifth, empty screw hole. The mails holding the blades in place are visible on the bottom of the cutter and are bent in various directions. There is a white tag with handwritten black text attached that reads [[P?]LAN[TAT?]IO[N?] / [[K?]RA[UT?] / [---?]]. The back of the tag is blank.
place: label: Place collected
content: Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.23.3
objectType: label: Type
content: graters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal and wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 × 33 1/16 × 11 5/8 in. (7.6 × 84 × 29.5 cm)