Leather-working tool, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1950.1764.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Solid-metal leather-working tool. The butt of the tool is a small rectangle 1/8" x 3/16". The rectangles four sides extend diagonally outward for 5/16" creating a pyramidal shape. The sides then straighten out and extend a 1/2" further. At this point the tool is cut down into a tapering cylindrical shaft 13/16" in circumference and 4 11/16" long. The tip of the shaft is flat with a small indentation 1/8" in diameter. The indentation has small circular steps, or threading for a screw.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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