Wooden Sowing Tools (Seeders) from India

Information on Wooden Sowing Tools (Seeders)

Many of the seeders from India have the following iconography (see Seeders 1-5 shown below): On two sides an ox is shown — the animal who is pulling the plough; on the third side Ganesh is shown who represents a good crop; and on the fourth side, a couple is depicted using a seeder — man and wife.

But there are numerous other designs too: some seeders have flower motifs or are plain with only a swastica, others show parrots and flowers or do not have any design, but sometimes a name is written on one side or a simple geometric design.

Seeder in Action

The picture was taken in Madhya Pradesh (India) in 1966.

Photo Credit: Gene Graham

 

Indian farm family with plough and seeder

Indian farm family with plough and seeder

Sowing Tool (Seeder) 1

Height: 12,5 cm     Diameter of the top: 15 cm    Bottom measures: 16,5 x 16,5 cm     Weight: 1430 gram

Sowing Tool 1, Side A

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Sowing Tool (Seeder) 2

Height: 12 cm    Diameter of the top: 14 cm    Bottom measures: 13 cm x 15,5 cm    Weight: 975 gram

Sowing Tool 2, View A

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Sowing Tool (Seeder) 3

Height: 12,5 cm    Diameter of the top: 15 cm    Bottom measures: 14 cm x 15,5 cm    Weight: 1100 gram

Sowing Tool 3, View A

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Sowing Tool (Seeder) 4

Height: 12 cm    Diameter of top: 14 cm    Bottom measures: 17 x 19 cm    Weight: 1590 gram

Sowing Tool 4, View A

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Sowing Tool (Seeder) 5

Height: 11.8 cm    Diameter of top: 15 cm    Weight: 1105 gram

Sowing Tool 5, View A

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Sowing Tool (Seeder) 6

Height: 12 cm    Diameter of the top: 11.5 cm    Bottom measures: 12.5 x 12.5    Weight: 1.14 kg

 

Sowing Tool 6, View A

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