Hackle, Flax
Medium: Wood; metal
Dimensions:13.5 x 15.8 x 24 cm (5 5/16 x 6 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Classification: Tools and Equipment for Materials
Object number: 1954.79
DescriptionSet of long metal spikes projecting from rectangular piece of wood which is nailed onto longer rectangular piece of wood which has 3 large holes at one end and one large hole at other end. Flax is hackled to straighten and unsnarl fibres.