- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
- Date
- mid 19th century
- Medium
- metal and wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 × 33 1/16 × 11 5/8 in. (7.6 × 84 × 29.5 cm)
- Description
- The bottom half of a plantation kraut cutter, or vegetable slicer. The cutter is rectangular with a wooden base and side tracks for the slide box. The base is constructed from two (2) pieces of flat wood that has large crack running through them, with four (4) slicer blades placed across the center at a diagonal. The side track on either side of the cutter has deep grooves for the missing slide box. One side track has three (3) flat head screws and the other side has two (2) flat head screws and a nail. The base of the cutter is slightly raised and is resting on two (2) flat bars at each end of the cutter. The bars are attached with four (4) flat head screws on each side. One side has a fifth, empty screw hole. The mails holding the blades in place are visible on the bottom of the cutter and are bent in various directions. There is a white tag with handwritten black text attached that reads [[P?]LAN[TAT?]IO[N?] / [[K?]RA[UT?] / [---?]]. The back of the tag is blank.
- Place collected
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- graters
- Topic
- Cooking and dining
- Labor
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.108.23.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




