Divider

Dividers or tongs, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:
1952.5825.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Makers
Shaker
Description

A proportional divider-like tool crudely fashioned from two 11/32" x 7/8" x 42 9/16" pieces of white pine and an iron machine screw and nut for the pivot. Arrises are crudely chamfered and the ends are whittled to point of sorts. No adjustment for proportion is possible.

New York Mount Lebanon

New York Mount Lebanon

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Shaker Museum Divider. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=21407. Accessed on November 29, 2024

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