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Seven wooden butter pats rectangular in shape with curved handle and beveled edges. Pats are smooth on one side and have parallel grooves on the other.
When butter is handmade it is removed from the churn and patted with butter pats to press out water and improve the texture and shape.
A wooden butter mould with handle and gently sloping sides. Rectangular in shape.
Butter is made from the cream of cow's milk. It dates back to ancient times, as early as 2000BC. Prior to modern factory made butter, households would make their own butter. These types of moulds were used to shape the butter as it was fashionable to make lumps of butter into blocks. In Tauranga, early residents kept cows which were allowed to roam the streets eating roadside grass. From these cows the residents got their cream and butter.
date: Early 20th Century
maximum dimension: 240mm
subject area: Social Science, Technology
subject themes: Domestic, Food, Women, Dairy, Housework
handling collection number: HC110/1-7
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