Tongs

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Tongs

Entry/Object ID

TT0138

Description

Modern iron tongs

Use

Farm tool

Context

Found during walking finds

Collection

Trimontium Trust

Category

Replica, Tongs

Acquisition

Accession

TT0138

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

37 mm

Depth

31 mm

Length

440 mm

Material

Iron

Color

Brown

Condition

Overall Condition

Good