Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1963.010.001 |
Object Name |
Scraper, Corn |
Title |
Hand-held Corn Husker |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Date |
c. 1860 |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
All metal corn cob scraper with a laced leather hand holder attached to the shaft. |
Provenance |
Provenance unknown. Last owned by George Webster Butchart. Accoring to him, it was used circa 1860. |
Collection |
Agricultural Tools & Equipment Collection |
Material |
Metal/Leather |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Butchart, George Webster |
Function |
Used for scraping the kernels off of cobs of corn. |