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1933.8.3

Festival Christmas cake in the shape of a woman. [FB 01/08/2012]

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1933.8.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Festival Christmas cake in the shape of a woman. [FB 01/08/2012]
Geographical reference
Sweden
Europe > Northern Europe > Sweden
Cultural groups
Swedish
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1933
Date collected
By 1933
Acquisition information
Donated: 1933
Materials and processes
Material Foodstuff, Process Cooked
Dimensions
Length: max 180 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1933.8.3
Research and responses

The lecture referred to in the accession book entry was a paper given to the Folklore Society on “Festival foods in Sweden” on Wednesday 15 March, 1933. See note on page 121 of Volume 44, number 2 (1933) of Folklore. [CW 2/3/2000; JC 2 3 2009]

Search terms: Food and Drink, Religion, Ritual and Ceremonial, Food, Religious Object, Ceremonial Object

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