Wheel, Pricking

Peg wheel, Sabbathday Lake, ME

Object ID:
1957.9167.1
Community:
Maine, Sabbathday Lake
Description

Pricking wheel for leatherworking. Rectangular piece of wood with rounded ends. Incorporated into each end there is a metal wheel with teeth. One wheel has 11 teeth that are wider than the approximate 23 teeth of the other. Each end of the wood has a single protrusion of wood acting as a fence for the pricking wheels.

Maine Sabbathday Lake

Maine Sabbathday Lake

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Shaker Museum Wheel, Pricking. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=2878. Accessed on September 29, 2024

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