Holder, stone sharperner
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- OBJECT TYPE
- horn whetstone
- DATE
- 1860
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2013.0035.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
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://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2013.0035.001/
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