Contributed by Davistown Museum
Description
This flax puller (also known as a heckle or flax comb) has 108 combs. An essential component of the flax dresser's tool kit. It is used for untangling ( or dragging), sorting and dressing the filaments of coarser fibres such as bass.
Size: 25 1/2" long x 4 3/4" wide.
About This Item
- Title: Hackle, ca. 1760
- Creation Date: circa 1760
- Subject Date: circa 1760
- Media: Wood, forged iron
- Local Code: TCR4000
- Collection: Historic Maritime II (1720-1800): The Second Colonial Dominion & the Early Republic
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Davistown MuseumPO Box 346, 58 Main Street #4, Liberty, ME 04949
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