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Food Storage Canister
- Material
- METAL-STEEL;
- Description
- a: Small, metal, flat-bottomed sieve with wire handle attached to sides.
b: small, round metal lid with rounded top and narrow lip. diam. 7.5 cm., h-2.2 cm.
Item resembles a tea steeper.
- Other Names
- tea steeper
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MATERIALS
- Sub-Category
- FOOD PROCESSING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- a: Small, metal, flat-bottomed sieve with wire handle attached to sides.
b: small, round metal lid with rounded top and narrow lip. diam. 7.5 cm., h-2.2 cm.
Item resembles a tea steeper.
- History Of Use
- Metal round canister part of a metal camping set. Apparently this camping set was used by Angus McLean, an early prospector who worked on the trail clearing to Babine Lake in the early 1900s.
- Material
- METAL-STEEL;
- Height
- 3.6
- Diameter
- Outside: 7.3
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1979.165.3 a-b
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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