Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label attached to the object with string reads: '1918.215.35 / Ceylon / Stanmore Colln. / 1912.
On the reverse: 'Ceylon Tobacco cutter. Ap. 29.1912'
Added in ink: 'Lab No. 1992-7'
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
Iron betel nut cutter.
Event Date 1918
Author: maa

Context (Other owners)
(Bio) Lord Stanmore.
Event Date 6/10/1995
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
R. Hand: 'Decorated with animal head forming hinge'.
Event Date 21/11/2000
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
Iron betel nut cutter, with the sharp edge of the blade facing the interior of the cutter. The hinge is in the shape of an animal head forming a hinge, and the handle is decorated with engraved lines.
Event Date 9/11/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue Card reads:

'1918.215 (35). ASIA. SOUTH ASIA. SRI LANKA.

Iron BETEL-NUT CUTTER.

Stanmore Collection. 1912'
Event Date 9/9/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.1992.7 | Remedial
Event Date 20/11/2020
Author: Stefanie Mueller

Description (Physical description)
Betel nut cutter, made of iron. The handle is rounded on the outer edges and flat on the inside, sparsely decorated with two incised lines on the very end of each handle. At the point where the blade meets the handle are indentations likely to strengthen grip on the object, on the side are incised line decorations radiating from the point of contact between the very end of the blade and the handle. The blade curves at one end, and pushes down into the handle when shut, sitting in grooves found at the top extreme of the handle. The hinge is located at the tip of the blade and decorated with an animal head.
Event Date 30/6/2023
Author: Stephanie Chinneck