Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2007.22.139
Accession#:
2007.22
Credit Line:
Transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Object Name:
Spatula
Title:
Assaying Spatula
Year Range from:
1950
Year Range to:
1996
Description:
Spatula style scraper.
Metal blade with a wooden handle. Handle is attached to the tang of the blade with two brass rivets. The blade is bent at a 45 degree angle from the point where the tang leaves the handle to the beginning of the main part of the blade. Heavy patina on all parts of the object. The blade is covered with dark material that is remnants of the assaying process. The wooden handle has a deep, dark patina.
Metal blade with a wooden handle. Handle is attached to the tang of the blade with two brass rivets. The blade is bent at a 45 degree angle from the point where the tang leaves the handle to the beginning of the main part of the blade. Heavy patina on all parts of the object. The blade is covered with dark material that is remnants of the assaying process. The wooden handle has a deep, dark patina.
Notes:
This tool was used for various purposes in the assay lab, as a multi—purpose scraper.
Search Terms:
Assaying
JMIC
Mining
T&E
JMIC
Mining
T&E
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Spatula
Spatula