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59/380
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
fleam mallet: wood
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1800 - 1800
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[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_2894.tif - High resolution image
