CROOK, HAY
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact9467
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BALE OR HAY HOOK
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- IRON, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19990079001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BALE OR HAY HOOK
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- IRON, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 10.6
- Length
- 25.4
- Width
- 12.0
- Description
- HORIZONTAL, ROUND WOODEN HANDLE. HANDLE IS QUITE WORN. HANDLE IS ATTACHED TO A ROD OF IRON ON ONE SIDE. THE ROD IS BENT SO THAT SHAFT AND HOOK ARE OPPOSITE CENTRE OF HANDLE. THERE IS AN IRON CAP ON ONE SIDE OF HANDLE. SURFACE CORROSION THROUGHOUT.
- Subjects
- AGRICULTURAL T&E
- Historical Association
- AGRICULTURE
- History
- ARTIFACT USED TO EASE THE HANDLING OF STRAW OR HAY BALES. DONOR BEGAN A COLLECTION VIA GARAGE SALES, FINDING PIECES, ETCETERA, OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. HE KEPT TWO OTHER HOOKS AND DONATED FOUR TO MUSEUM (P19990079001-4-GA). DONOR HAS LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE SINCE 1958. HE OWNED THE BUSINESS, GASOLINE ALLEY, IN LETHBRIDGE FROM 1976 TO 1991. RELATED CATALOGUE NUMBERS P19990079002-4-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990079001
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-12
- Collection
- Museum
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