barrel (food processing & storage)

Harvest barrel made from slim slats of wood with four iron bands around the circumference. On one of the slats of wood there is a protrusion, this has four holes going through it, which has a leather thong knotted through, and a large hole which goes into the barrel. In this hole is a cork stopper. There is another round hole near the protrusion, which also has a cork stopper. The two cork stoppers cannot be removed.

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