About 30 results for ‘Flail’
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Flail
For other uses, see flail (disambiguation). A flail is an agricultural tool used for threshing to separate grains from their husks. It is usually made from two or more large sticks attached by a short chain; one stick is held and swung, causing the other to strike a pile of grain, loosening the husks. The precise dimensions and shape of flails were determined by generations of farmers to suit the particular grain they were harvesting. For example, flails used by farmers in Quebec to process wheat were generally made from two pieces of wood, the handle being about 1.5 m (4.9 ft) long by 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter, and the second stick being about1 m (3.3 ft) long by about 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter, with a slight taper towards the end. Flails for other grains, such as rice or spelt, would have had different dimensions. Flails have generally fallen into disuse in many nations because of the availability of technologies such as combine harvesters that require much less manual labour. But in many places, such as Minnesota, wild rice can only be harvested using manual means, specifically through the use of a canoe and a flail that is made of smooth, round wood no more than 30 inches long. The flail is depicted alongside the “crook” as symbols of office for the crowned Egyptian Pharaoh. The flail symbolises the Pharaoh's role as provider of food for his people and the crook symbolises his role as the shepherd of his people. Both crook and flail also serve to link the Pharaoh with Osiris. Depictions of Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the embalming, also include the flail as attribute.
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Les batteurs de blé (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Breton people
- Clothing
- Flail
- Pitchfork
- Threshing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Egypt
- Archaeology
- Belief
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- Designation:
- figurine
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Flail
- Osiris
- Uraeus
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Osiris
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Egypt
- Archaeology
- Belief
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Flail
- Osiris
- Uraeus
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Egypt
- Archaeology
- Belief
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- Designation:
- cercueil
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Osiris
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Egypt
- Archaeology
- Belief
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Flail
- Osiris
- Uraeus
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Egypt
- Archaeology
- Belief
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- Designation:
- figurine
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Flail
- Osiris
- Uraeus
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Egypt
- Archaeology
- Belief
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- Designation:
- figurine
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Flail
- Osiris
- Uraeus
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Baffier
Batteurs en grange (Titre factice)
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Baffier
Homme tenant une pelle à grain (Titre factice)
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Baffier
Projet d'un pied d'objet en étain (Titre factice)
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Baffier
Esquisse d'hommes battant au fléau
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Designation:
- assiette (historiée) | décor patriotique
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Crosier
- Crown (headgear)
- Flail
- Fleuron (architectural)
- French Revolution
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Osiris
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Egypt
- Archaeology
- Belief
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Flail
- Osiris
- Uraeus
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
- Decorative arts
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- Designation:
- assiette (historiée) | décor patriotique
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ear (botany)
- Flail
- French Revolution
- Knot
- Rake (tool)
- Spade
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre-Adrien Pâris
Composition décorative sur le thème de la vigne : fléau, ...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre-Adrien Pâris
Composition décorative sur le thème du blé : gerbe d'épis...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Flail
- Flower
- Leaf
- Rake (tool)
- Wheat
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- Date:
- 18th century
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