51/482

Grid type awner, 'hummeler' or 'iler', for removing the 'awns' or beards of barley. From John Kimber, a farmer in West Hendred, Oxfordshire.
This is a grid type barley awner, also known as a 'hummeler' or an 'iler' in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, for removing the 'awns' or beards of barley. Lavinia Smith bought it from John Kimber, a farmer from West Hendred, Oxfordshire.

1 barley awner: metal, wood; fair condition - handle broken off and missing

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'Miss Smith bought this hummeler from Mr. John Kimber of West Hendred (Berkshire). // It is a rectangular iron frame with blades set parallel to one another at two and a half inch intervals. The wooden handle is missing, but the socket is connected to the frame by four curved legs. The height is 15 inches, and the frame measures 16 by 11 inches. See also 51/462.', Lavinia Smith No. 479., Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // 479. An iler bought from John Kimber of West Hendred.', Heritage of the Hendreds Exhibition 1969 - 'Catalogue of Exhibits // Number 366 // Barley Awner or Iler // Lent by MERL Miss Smith c.' (This description could also be in reference to 51/483)

Metal, Wood

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)