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Skep cap

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This is a skep cap or cover made of coiled straw and bound with cane. It has been used as there are remains of honey comb inside it.

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  • Museum of English Rural Life, Univesity of Reading
  • LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT : housing
  • Bee
  • Skep cap

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