 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1920 -
Description: Vacuum oil company case with a homemade cushion made from unbleached calico, stuffed with feathers and with a white button in the centre. The seat is in the pluck room, where the women would do the first stage of plucking and feathers were put into sacks for later use in bedding. One of the original artefacts in the replica mutton-bird processing shed. Format: realia Object: seats Material: calico; wood Titles: Pluck Room Seat Subjects: furnishings; mutton-birds Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00506 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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