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Maker(s):Wakefield, Charles A.
Culture:American
Title:Wakefield's Hand Seed Planter
Date Made:19th century
Type:Agricultural Tools and Equipment
Materials:Wood and metal
Place Made:North America; United States; Massachusetts; Plainfield
Accession Number:  MH SK 2006.497.INV
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
Wooden rectangular box, with a handle at the top attached to the back, which extends above it and slides. Opening cut in the front, and an opening at the bottom which is covered by a metal door. Door is marked: "Wakefield Patent, Patented July 25, 1854." Just below the opening on the front is a horizontal sliding wooden piece, and inside is a sloping fixed wooden piece and a loose miscellaneous wooden piece.

Tags:
farm equipment

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