Name/Title
Tools in AtticEntry/Object ID
100385Scope and Content
(AI) Wooden Barley Fork / Grain Pitchfork (Bottom Center): A multi-tined wooden pitchfork with a distinctive curved cross-brace. Used on farms for gathering threshed grain, barley, or straw without breaking the stems or damaging delicate crops.
Two-Tined Pitchforks (Left Center): Hand-carved wooden pitchforks featuring long split wood or forged metal tines, used for lifting and throwing hay or sheaves of grain.
1944 Donor James Anthony and Laura Eager Lodge of Montgomery, NY Items Wooden pitch forks and wooden measure.
Scythe Snath / Handle (Center): A curved wooden handle with a protruding handgrip (nib), designed to hold a scythe blade for hand-mowing grass or wheat fields.
Wooden Paddle / Oar (Far Left): A long, flat wooden paddle, typically used either as a boat oar or for stirring large vats during maple syrup, soap, or cider production.
Hearth Frying Pan / Long-Handled Skillet (Far Right): A wrought-iron skillet featuring a long handle, designed to reach over open fireplace coals without burning the cook's hands.
