N° d'objet
59/380
Description
This is a wooden fleam mallet, used by butcher when slaughtering animals by bleeding them to death. The mallet would be used to drive a fleam into the jugular vein to sever it. It was last used circa 1809 by a butcher called Letherbarrows in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and was given to the donor by his great grandson.
Description physique
fleam mallet: wood
Date
1800 - 1800
Nom d'objet
Matériel
Document électronique
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