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Large pot used by a Romanian Romani as a distilling device for making peasant brandy

Object | Accession Number: 1989.319.10 a-b

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    Large pot used by a Romanian Romani as a distilling device for making peasant brandy
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    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Belonged to Toma Racloro, a Romanian Romani. When he was deported from Baranesti (near Slatina) to Transnistria in 1942, he left some cookware with a Romanian peasant. Toma died; after 1945, his wife got the pots back from the peasant. This pot was used as a distilling device to make, tuca, a prune brandy.
    Date
    use:  1942
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Classification
    Household Utensils
    Category
    Cookware
    Object Type
    Pots (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    a= pot; b= lid
    Dimensions
    a: Height: 5.380 inches (13.665 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
    b: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 4.120 inches (10.465 cm)
    Materials
    overall : metal

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The pot was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989.
    Record last modified:
    2022-07-28 18:21:12
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