Beater, carpet
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- OBJECT TYPE
- manual
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2008.0423.001
- 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 with metal ferrule.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 73.0 cm
- Width
- 24.0 cm
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Housekeeping
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Nova Scotia
- Period
- Early 20th century (according to donor)
- Canada
-
This beater was used by William Kurk and Marguerite Adams in their home in Yarmouth from the turn of the century (c. 1900) until the 1950's. - Function
-
This device was used to manually beat dust out of rugs, which were suspended outdoors for cleaning. - Technical
-
This is an example of an early means of cleaning rugs. Although still used today, this device was supplanted by the vacuum cleaner as a more efficient means of cleaning carpets/rugs. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- No markings
- Missing
- Nothing
- Finish
- wood (rattan)? and metal
- Decoration
- No decorations
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Unknown Manufacturer, Beater, carpet, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2008.0423, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2008.0423.001/
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