Corn planter used by the Madison family
- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Madison, George, American, 1893 - 1968
- Madison, Mckinley, 1896 - 1978
- Madison, Ernest, American, born 1887
- Date
- 1880s - 1890s
- Medium
- wood and iron alloy
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 34 in. (8.9 x 26.7 x 86.4 cm)
- Description
- A hand-held stab corn planter made of wood and metal used by the Madison family. The corn planter has two wood handles attached to two parallel pieces of wood attached at the other end by a metal tip. The end with the handles is not connected and the parallel wood pieces can be moved apart. One of the wood pieces has a metal seed box attached to it.
- Place used
- Lyles Station, Gibson County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- hand tools
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Communities
- Families
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Lyles Station Historic Preservation Corporation
- Object number
- 2012.155.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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