Object, Other Object, Unknown Object

Vintage mystery object/tool wood and leather

Unknown object of unknown purpose, U-shaped wooden base; on top it has a wooden "handle" (perhaps) and a nail, and between those it is partially covered with leather rudely but securely tacked on; the leather has cut marks across it, and d…

Boatbuilding tool or garden weeder (unknown)

Tool, boatbuilding tool or weeder for a garden?

Five metal items from fireplace of GCCC parsonage house

Tools. Five metal items, all badly corroded and some with mortar on them, were recovered from the debris of the south-facing fireplace during the 2013 remodeling of the Great Cranberry Congregational Church parsonage house (177 Cranberry R…

Wood tamper or sewing needle (unknown)

Tool, wooden tamper (if held on thin end) or sewing needle (if held on thick end)

Shell Boat

A boat that looks like it was handmade out of seashells. the object is made from wire and shell.

Y-shaped tool with points on all three ends (unknown)

Tool, Y-shaped with points on all three ends (unknown name)

Food slicer or wood plane

Tool, kitchen, large food slicer (for cheese?); or a plane for wood?

Worm tool: large iron corkscrew

Tool, "worm", an iron tool, similar to a large corkscrew, but lacking a handle, used for inserting or removing wadding from a tube, perhaps even the barrel of a cannon that has been loaded but not fired; found by the donor in Ruth Freeman'…

Wooden wedge with handle, perhaps a basket splint gauge

Tool, one-piece wooden wedge shape with handle, similar to a spatula or paddle, worn but not stained. Perhaps a basket splint gauge.