- Object number56/190
- DescriptionThis is a side rake, a thatching tool used as a large comb for combing thatch on houses, but not on hay ricks. It consists of a long piece of wood with metal tines protruding from the side at one end. It was used by two thatchers in Watlington, Oxfordshire.
- Physical descriptionThatcher's rake: wood; metal
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