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Owner:
Bud and Patricia Ford -
Location:
QLD -
Maker:
Hugh Bird Ford -
Pattern:
Animal Skins -
Pattern:
Pieced -
Dimensions:
Width: 145
History
The wallabies were snared (not shot) by a Mr Kynock's son in the scrub near Ravensborne Queensland. They were wattle bark tanned at the Cloake Tannery in Toowoomba QLD. The rug was constructed by Hugh Bird Ford, father of the present owner, in the 1930s. The rug is not used now but is in the music room of Bud and Patricia Ford's home over the back of a chair. Mr Kynock's son who snared the whip tail wallabies, was paid 2/6 each for them. After they were wattle bark tanned at Cloake's tannery, Hugh Bird Ford [1895-1968] used a template of 3 ply to get them all the same size. Bud Ford, present owner and son of the maker, recalled that the rug was always on his parent's large double bed and that his father was very proud of it.
Description
Round rug of whip tail wallaby skins pieced into centre circle. Skins have been joined and then stitched on to maroon baize backing which has traditional punched scalloped edge. The skins are wattle bark tanned.
Diameter 1449mm
