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65/287
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Mallets are used for driving spars into the thatch. The spars, also known as 'spicks', serve either to pin the straw or to fasten the tie, which may be twine, straw rope or split wood, to the thatch.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 mallet: wood; good condition
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ form - ‘MALLET // Crafts - Straw - Thatch // 65/287 // G. Holt, Esq. West Oxfordshire Technical College, Holloway Rd., Witney, Oxfordshire // [pencil drawing].’
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[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_6429.tif - High resolution image
