Ladle made from a recycled cylindrical cucumber? tin. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/3/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Ladle made from a recycled cylindrical cucumber? tin. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/3/2006]
Long description: The main body of the vessel has a round flat base and straight sides. Around the mouth of the ladle there is a thin lip. A long thin strip of metal has been nailed to one side of the ladle. This forms a handle for the ladle. The handle is turned over at the end to enable the whole ladle to be hung up. The outside of the ladle shows the original information and designs printed on the can. The can has a lot of ?Japanese text printed on to it and the word 'Thailand'.[MdeA 9/12/99]
Geographical reference: Pakistan
Asia > Southern Asia > Pakistan; Thailand
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Thailand
Person: Field collector Marina de Alarcón; Field collector Mark Axworthy; PRM source Marina de Alarcón
Date / Period: Date made: Before 25/09/1999
Date collected: 25 September 1999
Acquisition information: Purchased: 18/10/1999
Materials and processes: Material Tin Metal, Material Pigment, Process Recycled, Process Printed, Process Nailed
Dimensions: Diameter: max 74 mm base, Height: max 265 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1999.33.107
Research and responses: Note, the writing on the tin is Chinese, not Japanese, and the dialing code for the company is Hong Kong, so it is likely that the tin was manufactured in Hong Kong. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 14/3/2006]