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Two legs of lamb, placed on a bentwood chair and tagged 'EXHIBITS - To be kept for evidence', 17 January 1945
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Title:
Two legs of lamb, placed on a bentwood chair and tagged 'EXHIBITS - To be kept for evidence', 17 January 1945
Creator:
New South Wales. Police Dept.
Date:
[1945]
Format:
photographic cellulose negative: b&w; 3.25 x 4.25 in
Subject:
police exhibits
lamb
bentwood chairs
Description:
Part of an archive of forensic photography created between 1912 and 1964. This image is contained in envelope no. 2038, box no. 2026-2054.
These exhibits, possibly stolen from a butcher's shop, suggest an unrealised future as four roast legs of lamb. After the young sheep is slaughtered it is usually reduced to the primal cuts: shoulder, breast, rack, loin and leg. Lamb primals are crosscut sections and contain both halves so the primal leg contains both hind legs. One of the exhibits has one of the shanks severed.
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Sydney Living Museums to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
46317