Object number
55/548/1-2
Description
Deaccessioned. Please note that this object no longer forms part of the Museum of English Rural Life collection, and so cannot be accessed at our institution.
The beginning of a skep: A bundle of einkhorn wheat.
Physical description
deaccessioned
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – ‘1) A ring of straw bound spirally with string. The ring is 13 ¼ - 14” in diameter made from a bundle ¾" in diameter. // 2) The beginning of a skep. Hole 2” - 2 ¼" at top is formed by a small size (½") rope twisted spirally. This gets bigger (¾"-1”). Spirals bound to each other by split cane strip (1/8”). Straw bundle held together by a tubular leather girth 3 ½” long.'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_8624.tif - High resolution image
