Object number
65/287
Description
Mallet used for driving spars into the thatch. The spars or 'spicks', serve either to pin the straw or to fasten the tie to the thatch.
Mallets are used for driving spars into the thatch. The spars, also known as 'spicks', serve either to pin the straw or to fasten the tie, which may be twine, straw rope or split wood, to the thatch.
Physical description
1 mallet: wood; good condition
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ form - ‘MALLET // Crafts - Straw - Thatch // 65/287 // G. Holt, Esq. West Oxfordshire Technical College, Holloway Rd., Witney, Oxfordshire // [pencil drawing].’
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_6429.tif - High resolution image
