Mallet

Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"370. Mallet.A wooden mallet in the form of a hammer with which the universally used Spanish pepper, "sambal", is crushed in a wooden or clay bowl with the flat underside of the tool. The Spanish pepper is an indispensable spice in nearly all of the food dishes of the natives of the Indian Archipelago and is also used in large amounts by the Europeans to prepare their food."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 74). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller