Wooden butter churn, churning stick and lid. The churn is roughly conical and made of 14 slats of wood with a round wooden base and five wooden rings around the outside holding the shape. The churning stick has a long pole with a cross shaped piece of wood with four holes in it. The lid is circular with a stepped, bulbous ring as the top and a hole at the centre for the churning stick to go through.
churn; churning stick; lid (food processing & storage)
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