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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Hammer
Type:Textile Working Tool; Woodworking Tool
Place Made:North America; United States
Measurements:overall: 8 13/16 in; 22.38375 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK B.27.J.25.3
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
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Description:
A shoemaker's hammer in steel, with solid claw, the pounding surface marked with concentric rows of fine depressions. Small hickory handle. Head marked with a name, a large figure 2 and two dates, the latter July 2, 1872. Owned by Leander Fales Leland and used by him in making hand made shoes about 1870. Head: 3.125" x 1.46875". Presented by Dr. F.S. Leland.

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