Very Primitive Antique Flax Hetchel narrow base 3 5/8" tall x 2

3 5/8" tall x 2 9/16" wide x 5/8" deep

stretched over a pine frame

4 3/8” diameter x 3 1/8” t

mottled in tone--and in great condition

Very Primitive Antique Flax Hetchel narrow base 3 5/8" tall x 2I'm always admiring old hetchel, which were used to comb flax in preparation of spinning it into thread, but this small scale one is the first I've really felt compelled to purchase, as it seems to me just about the most primitive, distilled iteration of the tool I've seen, and pure sculpture at the same time. Just two rows of old iron teeth here, beautifully rusted and bent here and there, a handful of them a little loose, such that they can be