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  • Object number
    53/6
  • Description
    This flail, a hand tool used for threshing, resembles the type common in Essex, but nothing specific is known of its origins.
    This flail, a hand tool used for threshing, resembles the Essex type of construction, but nothing specific is known of its origins. The hand staff is made of ash, and the swingel is made of an unknown hedgerow timber. The end of the swingel is bound with a thick piece of leather, and the flail-hinging is made of an unknown hide.
  • Physical description
    1 flail; wood [ash and hedgerow timber] and leather; good condition dispite the broken swiple
  • Object name
    Flail
  • Material
    Wood, ash
  • Associated subject
    PROCESSING : threshing
    Grain
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