Demonstration of Skep Making

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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

  • Material
    Straw, leather guage
  • Size
    38.0 cm (Ø of ring); 15.0 cm (Ø of coil)
  • Origin
    U.K

Category 2

  • Reference Number
    ECT_04_0B53_019
  • Thematic Catalogue
    4: Skep accessories
  • Keywords
    Skep making

Category 3

  • Added To Collection
    1953
  • Donor
    G. R. Hawthorne
  • Curator
    Dr. E. Crane