Object number
52/168
Description
A rotary barley awner, used to manually remove the awns from barley. Common to most of East Anglia and Essex up to the early 1930s.
This is a rotary barley awner, used to manually remove the awns from barley. This roller type hand threshing tool is the type common to most of East Anglia and Essex. They were noted to be in fairly common use up to the early 1930s.
Physical description
1 barley awner: metal; wood
Production date
1930
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_369.tif - High resolution image
