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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1800–1880
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0606.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- HOME BUILT
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- HARD WOOD RODS & SWIVEL HEAD(POSSIBLY MAPLE, HICKORY AND/OR OAK?); METAL WIRE; LEATHER SUEDE THONG
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 129.0 cm
- Width
- 17.0 cm
- Height
- 5.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Crop processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS FLAIL USED C.1800-1880
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO SEPARATE KERNALS FROM STEMS OR STALKS OF HARVESTED GRAIN - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF ONCE-COMMON FARM IMPLEMENT. CONSISTS ESSENTIALLY OF 2 RODS JOINED BY A LEATHER THONG, AND INCORPORATING A SWIVEL HEAD ON THE LONGER SHAFT. THE FLAIL WAS SWUNG IN AN OVERHEAD MOTION, THE SHORTER ROD STRIKING THE CUT GRAIN, BEATING THE KERNALS FROM THE STALKS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE. FORMERLY MARKED 'Z-111-D-120' [NMM REGISTRATION NO.] - REMOVED DURING TREATMENT BY NMST CONSERVATION STAFF
- Missing
- ORIGINAL THONG REMOVED BY NMST CONSERVATION STAFF & REPLACED - SEE CONSERVATION REPORT From CA of 07/22/1997 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete
- Finish
- NATURAL WOOD. LENGTHS OF LIGHT BROWN SUEDE HAVE BEEN BRAIDED TOGETHER TO FORM CONNECTING STRAP OR THONG
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Flail, circa 1800–1880, Artifact no. 1966.0606, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0606.001/
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