Holder, stone sharperner

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OBJECT TYPE: horn whetstone
DATE: 1860
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2013.0035.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: Horn Whethstone Holder
Patents: N/A
General Description: Ivory coloured bone, with a riveted metal clasp and a wooden plug.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 19.0 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Height: 6.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Crop handling
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Whetstones were an essential tool used to keep the blade of a scythe very sharp to allow it to cut the stems of grass or cereal plants. Although the whetstone would have been purchased, the animal horn would have been a "found" object.
Function: The hollow horn is used to keep the whetstone safe while working in the field with a scythe, cradle scythe or sickle.
Technical: Every farmer would have had and would have been actively using a whetstone during harvest season. The horn would most likely have come from the carcass of a cow that had been slaughtered for food.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Mfr's:"None/ "X75.201.56" printed by hand in white ink on inside of metal clasp.
Missing: Nothing missing
Finish: Ivory coloured bone, with a riveted metal clasp.
Decoration: None.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Holder, stone sharperner, before 1860, Artifact no. 2013.0035, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0035.001/

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