General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN SLATTED TUB WITH HARDWOOD ROLLERS; METAL BANDS AND MECHANICAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

81.5 cm

Width

62.0 cm

Height

64.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Laundry

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

Unknown

Canada

This washer was collected by ethnographer Marius Barbeau in the summer of 1936. It was bought from Joseph Emond of St. Pierre, L'Île-d'Orléans. Mr. Emond sold an estimated 31 items to Mr. Barbeau for 55.00 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 5 as number 390 under Joseph Emond’s name as “Lavoir (for washing)” 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.

Function

Notes on the object in Barbeau’s inventory states as follows: “Lavoir (for washing) purchased in Quebec”.

Technical

This object is a large wooden bucket with metal binding hoops. A metal grinder with a hand crank is attached for washing clothes manually. Wet clothes would be run through this grinder to work out stains and dry clothes with less manual labor.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

From CA of 08/10/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A