Artifact, Unidentified

Object ID:
1952.5412.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Description

Machined iron or steel taper (Morse?) topped by a cylinder. Both ends are flat; the small end has a depression where it engaged the metal lathe center; the cylinder end has a deep tapered square hole in its center. A 1/8" diameter hole is drilled through the cylindrical section forming a channel in one wall of the tapered square hole. This appears to have allowed a pin to be inserted through the cylinder to engage a notch in the side of a tang.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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Shaker Museum Artifact, Unidentified. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=19462. Accessed on November 5, 2024

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