Cheese crate
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Description
A 12-sided cylindrical-shaped, brown wooden cheese crate with vertical slats of wood nailed around the circumference with spaces between each one. A shelf can be seen on the inside in the middle. Black coloured stamps are on the underside of the base which which begin with "CRATE NO. / WAIMANA" while underneath is a round band with a fern in the centre. Text on the band says "NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE / N.Z. CHEDDAR CHEESE", while above, on and below the fern is text which reads "REG. No. 1818 / NEW ZEALAND / LBS. / NET".
Production place
New Zealand
Measurements
457MM (height)
Credit line
Gifted by A Ruthe
Accession number
0491/84
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