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Tool

Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-11715

Description

In flat bar form with a rectangular handle with chamfered edges terminating in a peg-like end for striking by hammer. The opposite end has a harpoon-like blade for lifting old shingles.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tools
iron (metal)
wrought
Iron
Wrought
TOOL

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

21.25 x 2.125 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.816

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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