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- OBJECT TYPE
- SCRATCH AWL
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0858.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Waber
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD/ STEEL/ BRASS (?)/ STAIN/ GOLD (?) LEAF
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.3 cm
- Width
- 1.1 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools-Hand
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Waber
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO SCRATCH LINES ON WOOD WORK MADE BY THE RULER, SQUARE, ETC. - Technical
-
THE SCRATCH AWL WAS USED UNTIL THE MID-1800'S WHEN IT WAS SUPERSEDED BY THE PENCIL. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'WABER' (?) STAMPED IN GOLD-COLOURED LEAF ON HANDLE.
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- HANDLE HAS DARK BROWN STAINED FINISH/ TRACES OF BRASS PLATE ON FERRULE.
- Decoration
- TINY LINES STAMPED AROUND HANDLE.
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Waber, Awl, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1979.0858, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0858.001/
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