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Hay rake

mid 19th-mid 20th century

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A wooden hay rake (also known as a bull rake or hay drag) with a wooden handle shaft, tooth bar, ten (10) teeth, and a U shaped wooden support that passes through the handle and anchors into the tooth bar. The handle is squared and has a metal plate with twelve rivets along one side near the top of the wooden support. The handle is tapers near the tooth bar and has a nut and bolt running through the front and back.

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Catalog reference: 2017.108.23.14

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