Rake
Parkdale - Maplewood Community Museum
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| Object Name: | Rake |
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| Category: | Cultivation Equipment |
| Material: | Wood Metal |
| Accession Number: | 2021.001 |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1895-01-01 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1895-12-31 |
| Description: | One end comes to a point with metal strip attached with 4 bolts each side. There is a metal spike on each end. Six wooden strips are attached with metal rod inside and have a metal spike on each end. The six strips are loose and move around. |
| Narrative: | This rough land rake was used by donors' father who was born in 1870 in Lower Northfield. |
| History of Use: | Was pulled through the ground behind a horse or oxen, features curved tines on the bottom part. These tines are designed to dig through the dirt and pull any underlying debris to the top of the soil. |
| Height: | 21 cm |
| Length: | 119 cm |
| Width: | 54 cm |
| Institution: |
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| Institution City: | Maplewood |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |