Chopsticks (3); Unknown maker; Unknown; CR1977.773
Chopsticks (3)
About this object
One pair (a & b) of and one single wooden chopsticks (c) likely to have been used by Chinese goldminers in the 1860s in Central Otago. The pair taper from a larger square to rounded point, dark wood. The single chopstick is the same but with no rounded point.
Unknown
Date MadeUnknown
Place Made Medium and MaterialsDark coloured wood
Measurements
L 270 mm x W 4 mm at top end
L 270 mm x W 3 mm at bottom end
From the Collection of the Cromwell Museum
Object Type Object numberCR1977.773
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