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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
sack used on 30.132.1 winnowing fan
After the wheat was separated, it would be tossed into the air to separate it from the chaff known as winnowing.
Early attempts to create an artificial wind to winnow corn instead of waiting for a natural wind to blow through opened barn doors resulted in a device variously called a Winnowing Fan.