• Explore
      Highlights
    • Popular
    • Staff picks
    • Downloadable
    • Collections
    • Blog
    • Forum
    • Challenges
    • Community members
    • Sketchfab Masters
    Browse by category
    • Animals & Pets
    • Architecture
    • Art & Abstract
    • Cars & Vehicles
    • Characters & Creatures
    • Cultural Heritage & History
    • Electronics & Gadgets
    • Fashion & Style
    • Food & Drink
    • Furniture & Home
    • Music
    • Nature & Plants
    • News & Politics
    • People
    • Places & Travel
    • Science & Technology
    • Sports & Fitness
    • Weapons & Military
  • Buy 3D models
      Highlights
    • Best selling
    • Animated
    • PBR
    • Low poly
    • High poly
    • 3D Printable
    • 3D Scan
    Browse by category
    • Animals & Pets
    • Architecture
    • Art & Abstract
    • Cars & Vehicles
    • Characters & Creatures
    • Cultural Heritage & History
    • Electronics & Gadgets
    • Fashion & Style
    • Food & Drink
    • Furniture & Home
    • Music
    • Nature & Plants
    • News & Politics
    • People
    • Places & Travel
    • Science & Technology
    • Sports & Fitness
    • Weapons & Military
  • For business
    Sketchfab for Teams
    Augmented Reality
    3D Viewer
    3D eCommerce
    3D Configurators
    Become a Partner
    Find a Partner
    Pricing
    Customer Stories
/
Cancel
loginSign UpUpload

Manual Can Opener from Cuban Refugee Chug
3D Model

Avatar of mfmaritimemuseum
The Mel Fisher Maritime Museum
pro
430
430 Views
22Like
Report
Triangles: 180k
Vertices: 90k
More model information

A claw or lever-type can opener recovered from an abandoned Cuban “chug” ca. 2010, at the Marquesas Keys, Florida. Chugs are the small refugee boats that carried freedom-seeking people from Cuba to the US. With the end of the “wet-foot/dry-foot” policy in 2107, which allowed Cuban refugees who reached US shores automatic asylum, the chugs have generally stopped coming. The can opener is a hand-operated tool that features a large curved blade with a guard on the other end to stop it from penetrating deep into the can. To use it, the lid along the rim of the can was punctured; the pointed blade was driven into the can, and levered back and forth along the edge, cutting the lid open, bit by bit. This can opener is part of the Benjamin “Dink” Bruce collection donated to the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in 2017.

Published 3 years ago
May 11th 2020
  • Cultural heritage & history 3D Models
  • Furniture & home 3D Models
  • food
  • can
  • chug
  • kitchen
  • cuba
  • cuban
  • canopener
  • refugee
  • boat

Comments

You must log in to comment.
enterprise
  • Enterprise Solutions
  • 3D Configurators
  • 3D eCommerce
  • 3D Viewer
  • 3D Advertising
  • Sketchfab for Teams
  • Customer Stories
  • Pricing
  • Become a partner
ecosystem
  • Exporters
  • Importers
  • Developers & API
  • Augmented Reality
  • Virtual Reality
  • Mobile App
store
  • Buy 3D models
  • Best Selling
  • Categories
  • Become a Seller
  • Free 3D Models
community
  • Explore
  • Help Center
  • Education
  • Museums
  • Blog
  • Forum
  • Challenges
  • Sketchfab Masters
about
  • Company
  • Careers
  • Press Kit
  • Features
  • Contact us
© 2023, Sketchfab, Inc. All rights reserved.
Terms of useRefund policyPrivacy policySitemap