Harrow
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HORSE-DRAWN/A-FRAME/FIXED TOOTH
- DATE
- 1860–1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.0220.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD FRAME/ WOOD &METAL TEETH
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.2 cm
- Width
- 11.4 cm
- Height
- 180.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Cultivation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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This harrow was collected by ethnographer Marius Barbeau in the summer of 1936. It was bought from Emilie Pelletier of St. Pascal, Kamourska County, PQ. Mr. Pelletier sold 16 items to Mr. Barbeau for 80.00 dollars. Marius Barbeau was a renowned Canadian ethnographer and folklorist in the first half of the 20th century known for his work on Indigenous groups and collections of songs and stories. In 1936 and 1937 Barbeau travelled to Ile de Orleans and other locales near Quebec City and bought hundreds of agricultural and domestic artifacts for a museum first developed by the Department of Agriculture in 1920. The former Department of Agriculture museum was located on the same site as the current Agriculture and Food Museum on the Experimental Farm property. Source: Listed on page 17 as number 408 under Emilie Pelletier’s name as “Harrow called ‘diamond’ triangular” in the document “Artefacts_Min Agriculture Ottawa 1936” from the Canadian Museum of History’s archival fond entitled the Marius Barbeau fonds. Entreprise link: http://opentext/OTCS/llisapi.dll/link/6642150. This research was performed by volunteer Denise Steeves in November-December 2019. See also page 63 of "CMH Archives Artefacts catalog cards_Historical Division_Central Experimental Farm collection, Serie X (PT).pdf" for information on its transfer from Dept of Agriculture museum at CEF. CMH Archives Artefacts catalog cards_Historical Division_Central Experimental Farm collection, Serie X (PT).pdf http://opentext/OTCS/llisapi.dll/link/6644011 - Function
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Harrows are used after plowing to prepare fields for seeding. Harrows break up clods of soil to create a smooth seed-bed. Notes on the object in Barbeau’s inventory states as follows: “A. Harrow called ‘Diamond’ triangular, with wooden and iron pegs”. It was used after plowing to break up clods & smooth & level soil prior to planting. - Technical
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The triangular harrow was stronger and did not collect as much stubble as the square harrow; it was better thus better to use on newly plowed land where obstructions such as stumps, roots, or rocks were common. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- INDETERMINATE NO. OF TEETH MISSING From CA of 07/07/1997 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete
- Finish
- FRAME WOOD UNFINISHED/ TEETH WOOD UNFINISHED & METAL UNFINISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Harrow, circa 1860–1936, Artifact no. 1967.0220, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1967.0220.001/
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