Title
Iron cleaver
Year/Period
1980s
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: H3 x W32.4 x D9.4 cm
Accession No.
2006-01428
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Chew Tee Kim
Iron cleavers used by chicken rice hawkers are honed to razor-sharpness on a knife sharpener and balanced to provide the leverage needed to cut through chicken meat and sometimes, bone. Some of these cleavers have a wooden handle while others are cast from a single piece of metal.
