General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

It is made out of wood [hickory possibly] and a leather strap and twine wrapped around a top wooden piece.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

237.0 cm

Width

6.5 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Crop processing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1800-1900

Canada

This flail was once part of the Coverdale collection before being acquired by Parks Canada for their reference collection in Ottawa. William H. Coverdale was President of the Canada Steamship Lines. From 1928 until 1949, he assembled a collection of about 3 000 pieces-iconography, furniture and ethnography objects from French Canada along with an Amerindian Collection and archaeological pieces. These objects were presented in the company Museum-Hotels such as Manoir Richelieu et Hôtel Tadoussac in the Charlevoix region of Quebec province. At the end of the 1960’s, the hotels were put for sale. The collection was separated between the provincial ministry of the Affaires culturelles du Québec and the Canadian government. Parks Canada had a part of it.

Function

Used to separate kernals from stems or stalks of harvested grain.

Technical

Example of once-common farm implement, consists essentially of 2 rods joined by a leather thong and incorporating a swivel head on the longer shaft, the flail was swung in an overhead motion, the shorter rod striking the cut grain, beating the kernals from the stalks.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfrs hand written: "X68.191.78/T/800."

Missing

Nothing is missing.

Finish

It is made out of wood [hickory] and a leather strap and twine.

Decoration

None.