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Harvest barrel made from slim slats of wood with four iron bands around the circumference. On one of the slats of wood there is a protrusion, this has four holes going through it, which has a leather thong knotted through, and a large hole which goes into the barrel. In this hole is a cork stopper. There is another round hole near the protrusion, which also has a cork stopper. The two cork stoppers cannot be removed.
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
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