Agricultural tool, a "dibbling-iron", one of a pair. [JC [OPS Move] 17/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Agricultural tool, a "dibbling-iron", one of a pair. [JC [OPS Move] 17/1/2017]
Long description: Agricultural tool, a "dibbling-iron", one of a pair. The object has a long, narrow iron shaft which terminates in a heavy conical expansion, pointed at the tip. At the opposite end is an open D-shaped iron handle, with the straight top edge inside a turned wooden roller. [JC [OPS Move] 17/1/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Suffolk
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source James Edge Partington
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1912
Date collected: By 1912
Acquisition information: Donated: 1912
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Cast, Process Turned
Dimensions: Width: max 122 mm, Depth: max 48 mm, Length: max 872 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1912.55.15.2
Research and responses: OED online: Dibble: An instrument used to make holes in the ground for seeds, bulbs, or young plants. In its simplest form, a stout pointed cylindrical stick with or without a handle; but it may also have a cross bar or projection for the foot (foot-dibble), or be forked at the point, or furnished with several points to make a number of holes at once.

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