Rake

Credit LineCollection of Museum London, 1976

Object number1976.086.002

Label TextThis rake would have been used to pitch material including hay, straw, leaves, and manure. This rake has two rows of wooden tines. The more tines (prongs) a tool had, the more efficient it would be for moving materials. Efficiency was a priority before the mechanization of agricultural work, when reaping, threshing, and pitching was done by hand.