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Subiaco Museum > Records

TOOL: WEBBING STRAINER

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Overview

Flat bat shaped piece of wood with a rectangular aperture in the lowest part and rectangular peg to fit the hole. One end of the webbing is nailed in position, the other is looped through the slot in the strainer with the peg put through the loop to secure it. The strainer is then levered over to stretch the webbing which, when taut, is nailed down to its point of attachment.
b) Peg.

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.1718a-b

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Material

Keywords

CHUGG Miss A I (Queenie)

Furniture Making

Photographed 2023

Statement of significance

Representative, example of strainer to stretch webbing.

Subiaco Museum

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