Accession No
TEMP.00565
Description
Agricultural tool. Wooden flail with a leather join. Top of one stick covered with leather and secured with metal nail; top of other stick wrapped with string and twisted fibre.
Place
Europe; British Isles; ?England; ?Cambridgeshire; ?Lincolnshire; ?Norfolk; ?Suffolk
Period
Post Medieval 19th century 20th century
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00565; MAA: 194
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Leather; Metal; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
80mm x 60mm x 1150mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Small rectangular label with typed no '194' glued to the object.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Display)
A copper collar (now removed) suggest that the object was displayed in the gallery in the past (dates not known).
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Agricultural tool. Wooden flail with a leather join. Top of one stick covered with leather and secured with metal nail; top of other stick wrapped with string and twisted fibre.
Event Date 31/8/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Amendments / updates)
A note was found with TEMP.00544-00568, newly bagged and tied to TEMP.00547, with '?Fens Unprovenanced’ the geographical area covered by the term ‘Fens’ has now been tentatively added to the place and production fields.
Event Date 10/1/2025
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
FM:281220
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