churn, butter
Albert County Museum
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| Object Name: | churn, butter |
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| Category: | Churn |
| Material: | wood |
| Accession Number: | 965.10 |
| Description: | Cylindrical, wooden butter churn with long pole handle attached to a wooden paddle through a circular hole in the round removable cover fitted to top of churn barrel |
| Narrative: | Cream was poured into the churn. By turning the handle and moving its attached wooden paddle up and down, the cream was kept in continuous movement so that the fat molecules in the cream would clump and form butter. |
| Height: | 62 cm |
| Length: | 122 cm |
| Width: | 28 cm; 22 cm |
| Institution: |
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| Institution City: | Hopewell Cape |
| Institution Province: | New Brunswick |