"Found this washed up on a beach in Massachusetts. It’s wooden and looks handcrafted…maybe a piece of a chair?"
A: "Wow! It looks like a Davis Quadrant or Backstaff, a navigational instrument predecessor of the sextant. Maybe you should take that to a museum, with nautical expertise."
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Ance 4 year s ago
#15 Because it is a tourist souvenir.
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Middy 4 year s ago
#15 is a souvenir Zulu battle regalia. The spear is an assegai, the wooden stick a knobkierie and the shield a Nguni shield. Though it is mostly ceremonial these days. It was mostly used during the time of Shaka Zulu.
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Vanburen 4 year s ago
#7 The brick was laid backwards, the stamp was to be on the concealed side.
The new guy laid that brick.
The new guy laid that brick.
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Hannah 4 year s ago
#11 is asking about the cups hanging on the ceiling not the Wooden Planes on the cupboard. No idea what they are though.
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Pamela 4 year s ago
Hannah, A shaving scuttle is a double walled, ceramic bowl used to keep soap lather warm and ready for multiple passes. It is used by filling the bottom bowl with hot water and building a thick soap/cream lather in the upper bowl.
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Medora 4 year s ago
#19 I thought garlic press.
The new guy laid that brick.