Object number
68/184
Description
This is a furze hitcher tool for digging up gorse (also known as furze), a thorny evergreen shrub that grows commonly in the United Kingdom. It is made of iron, and has a pointed spear-like hook on one end, and space for a handle at the other.
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form - ‘FURZE HITCHER // Harvesting // Mr Trip, Cornwall // [pencil drawing]’
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9055.tif - High resolution image
