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Strawcraft and Thatching Objects

The Museum of English Rural Life

wooden thatching bat

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wooden thatching bat
Thatching bat. MERL 61/4

The Museum of English Rural Life holds a range of objects relating to the craft of straw-working from tools to finished products. The crafts found in the collection include corn dolly making, rope making, skep making, straw hat making and thatching. 

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The objects are classified into categories based on process. The objects are catalogued on the online database. Search using the word ‘straw’. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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