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Pastry jagger

19th century

United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This pastry jagger/ utensil has a round spiked circle at one end. The opposite end has a sharp triangular point that is bent inward. Mid-way between the triangular section and the circle is a metal flange bent inward along the handle. Both inward bent sections are of similar length. There is a long narrow handle between the circle and the narrow triangular blade. Halfway along the handle is a label from the Old Slave Mart Museum consisting of a white background and black writing that reads "R347."

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Catalog reference: 2017.108.20.18

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