Tongs

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Tongs

Entry/Object ID

TT0135

Description

Modern iron tongs with curved pincers.

Use

Farm equipment found during walking finds

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Walter Elliot

Notes

1991

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Tongs, Pickup

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tongs, Metalworking

Nomenclature Class

Metalworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

metalworking tongs

Dimensions

Width

92 mm

Depth

37 mm

Length

350 mm

Material

Iron

Color

Brown, Black

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair