Tool of steel and bone. Rectangular piece of bone which has a hexagonal cross-section and three holes in one end. Opposite end has two steel needles at either side of approximately the same length; the bone piece is cut concavely with a notch in the middle between the two needles.
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Shaker Museum Artifact, Unidentified. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=22215.