General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wood and metal

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

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Width

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Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Crop handling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

GREEN

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Waterford

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

PRODUCT OF SMALL CANADIAN MAKER OF REAPERS IN LATER 19TH CENTURY.

Function

HORSE-DRAWN MACHINE USED TO CUT STANDING GRAIN & LEAVE IT TO LIE IN FIELD UNTIL PICKED UP & BOUND.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF SELF-RAKING WOOD HORSE-DRAWN REAPER OF PIGEON WING REEL TYPE, IN WHICH RAKING ARMS SWEPT AROUND AT OBLIQUE ANGLE WHICH CARRIED GRAIN OFF REAR CORNER OF TABLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. GRAIN WAS THUS LEFT ON GROUND AWAY FROM PATH OF HORSES ON NEXT PASS OF REAPER, FACILITATING MANUAL BINDING.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Painted print "5091".

Missing

From CA of 07/23/1997 by Kevin Machan: No - Artifact has been restored and appears complete.

Finish

Wood and metal are painted both red and green. Reaper was fully restored and repainted to these colours, that might not have been its original colours.

Decoration

Red painted scroll design.