Clyster Syringe
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Sausage gun or stuffer consisting of a cylinder or tube with removable collar or attachment ring holding a casing or stuffing funnel at one end, and a solid, cylindrical, wood plunger with turned knob handle that fits into the opposite, open end. Collar is secured in place by two tabs that fit over a wire ring on the cylinder, and twists to gaps in ring to attach and remove. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.257491.0091
label: catalog number
content: 257491.0091
label: accession number
content: 257491
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (plunger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 5/8 in x 2 in; 32.0675 cm x 5.08 cm