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64/170
Description
Twister used to make straw rope. This is an iron twister with a wooden handle and swivel. From the Foxhill Riding Stables, Reading.
This is a twister used to make straw rope. Usually, two people were needed to make the rope: one person to feed in the straw or hay, and the other to hold the twister and walk backwards away from the feeder. This is an iron twister with a wooden handle and swivel. It is part of a collection of objects from the Foxhill Riding Stables, Reading.
Physical description
1 straw rope twister: wood, metal
Archival history
MERL Handwritten form – ‘TWISTER (STRAW ROPE) // Crafts–Straw–Rope // 64/170 // ... // [pencil drawing]’
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