Object number
56/168
Description
An awner is a tool for cutting the awns, or ears, of wheat and barley. This is a grid-type barley awner with the handle socket upright.
An awner is a tool for cutting the awns, or ears, of wheat and barley from the plant. This is a grid-type barley awner with the handle socket upright at a right angle to the centre of the grid (though the wooden handle is missing). The museum holds little information about its origins.
Physical description
Barley awner / grid: metal
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘… // DATE ACQUIRED: // GROUP: // NEGATIVE: // PERIOD: // PLACE OF ORIGIN: // NUMBER: // DESCRIPTION: …‘Nothing is known of the origin of this barley awner. It is 16 inches high and has no surviving wooden handle. The awner is square, each side measuring 10 1/2 inches. It has five parallel blades set 2 inches apart. The iron part of the handle is fixed to the frame by two bolts on each sie [sic]. The two sides of the handle join to form a socket into which the wooden portion of the handle originally fitted.'
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