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Nom de l'objet : Roller
Titre : Roller
Catégorie de l'objet : Tools & Equipment
Sous-catégorie de l'objet : Housekeeping
Numéro de catalogue : C-11080 A
Numéro d'accession : 63-272
Secteur géo-culturel : Other Europe
Description : 4.8 H X 9.3 W X 68.5 L, CM.. CONDIITON, IRONER BOARD GOOD. A COUPLE OF CRACKS. ROLLER HAS SEVERAL CRACKS - ONE RECTANGULAR, REPAIRED SECTION. ITEM A - IRONER IS MADE OF TWO PIECES OF WOOD, VARNISHED, WITH A ROUND SHAPED STRAIGHT HANDLE & A FAIRLY STRAIGHT BUT WARPED, TWISTED HORIZONTALLY NEAR THE END, BOARD BODY WITH 34 ROUNDED, SHALLOW CUT SEGMENTS RUNNING ACROSS THE BOTTOM. ONE SEGMENT IS FLAT-ENDED WHERE THE HANDLE JOINS THE BACK. THERE IS A NEARLY EQUALLY NARROW FLAT PIECE AT THE FRONT END. THE APPLIED HANDLE IS VERY VISIBLY GRAINED WOOD WITH SIX CUT RINGS & TWO GROOVE LINES ENCIRCLING IT. THE HANDLE EXTENDS 12.8 CM. FROM THE BODY, IS SLIGHTLY BULGED IN THE CENTRE & FLARED TOWARDS EITHER END. AT THE CENTRE THERE ARE TWO RINGS WITH TWO GROOVE LINES BETWEEN, GIVING THE CENTRE A BONDED APPEARANCE. THERE IS ONE RING WHERE THE HANDLE IS THINNER BEFORE IT FLARES OUT TO A ROUNDED, FLAT-ENDED SLIGHTLY OVERHANGING END. THERE IS A SET OF TWO RINGS WHERE THE HANDLE IS THINNER BEFORE IT FLARES OUT & ROUNDS TO STRAIGHT FLUSH WITH THE BACK END OF THE BODY. THERE IS A DARKER RING ENCIRCLING WHERE THE FLARE BEGINS TO ROUND. THIS FLARED PART IS CUT LEVEL WITH THE TOP OF THE BODY. THE BODY HAS NARROW, RIPPLED SIDES WITH A THREE-FACED, TWO-STAGE TOP. FROM THE HANDLE, THE TOP OF THE BODY HAS ONE UPPER FLAT FACE WITH TWO FACES ANGLED TO THE SIDES. ABOUT 25.5 ALONG THE UPPER FACE, THERE IS AN EIGHT-RIPPLE LINE, WITH A DOCK GROOVE LINE IN FRONT, RUNNING ACROSS. IN FRONT OF THE GROOVE LINE THE SURFACE SWELLS & CURVES DOWN TO A WIDER GROOVE LINE FROM WHICH THE SURFACE DISHES DOWN TO A LOWER, MUCH WIDER, FLAT UPPER SURFACE CONTINUING TO THE END. THE ANGLED FACES TAPER FROM THE DARK GROOVE TO WHERE THE UPPER SURFACE FLATTENS CONTINUING AS MUCH NARROWER TO THE END. BOTTOM OF THE BODY - THE SEGMENTS APPEAR MORE RAISED IN THE CENTRE THAN AT THE ENDS. THEY AVERAGE ABOUT 1.4 CM. WIDE WITH NARROW, SHALLOW, MOSTLY FLAT-BOTTOMED GROOVES BETWEEN. THE SEGMENTS WOULD BE ABOUT 3 OR 4 MM. HIGH. THE ENDS OF THE BODY ARE FLAT.
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Département : Cultural History
Établissement : Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Glenbow Museum  Facebook-Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Glenbow Museum  Twitter-Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Glenbow Museum  YouTube-Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Glenbow Museum
Ville de l'établissement : Calgary
Province de l'établissement : Alberta

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