Bark-peeling brake, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1950.1376.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

An iron peeling brake consisting of an iron fork, the base of which terminates in a screw which would have allowed fastening brake to a beam. The fork has one movable jaw and a tensioner, a metal strip that forces the movable jaw against the fixed jaw when the thumbscrew is tightened.

Notes

Used for peeling bark from withes for basket-making.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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