Hand Laundry Agitator

Object/Artifact

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Goulbourn Museum

Name/Title

Hand Laundry Agitator

Entry/Object ID

985.2.1

Description

Hand carved wood agitator made of two pieces of interconnected wood in a T shape, taping outwards into a set of four pegs separated by five inch cuts in the base.

Context

Hand laundry agitator used to manually move and wash in laundry bins. Owned by the Harris family who lived in what used to be West Templeton (near Gatineau)

Collection

Artefact Collection: Secondary

Made/Created

Date made

1800

Notes

Additional create date: 1950

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Agitator, Laundry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Laundry Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Maintenance T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Search Terms

Laundry Equipment, Laundry Agitator, Laundry

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Agitator, Laundry

Dimensions

Height

28 in

Width

15-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

2014-08-21

Material

wood - bois