Demonstration of Skep Making
The binding material, cane or bramble, has to be driven in through the next ring, inside to hold it together & these awls are used to open the hole, (from E G Burtt).
Category 1
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MaterialStraw, leather guage
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Size38.0 cm (Ø of ring); 15.0 cm (Ø of coil)
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OriginU.K
Category 2
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Reference NumberECT_04_0B53_019
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Thematic Catalogue4: Skep accessories
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KeywordsSkep making
Category 3
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Added To Collection1953
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DonorG. R. Hawthorne
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CuratorDr. E. Crane