"It’s a Hindu ritual box. It is missing the middle piece that would sit in that central hole. This is used to store turmeric and other colorful powders which we shower over the deity’s idol."
"It’s a curette, a medical instrument used for scraping away tissue (for example removing certain skin lesions, removing dead tissue from a wound)."
"These are the tubes for knob-and-tube wiring."
"That’s an aircraft crash-axe. Typically mounted to a bulkhead in cargo aircraft."
"That’s an old way to collect sap to make turpentine. It’s called “cat face.”"
"It might seem like a Tyrannosaurus tooth. But in fact, it is just petrified coral."
"It’s a port for hiding cables in wall."
"It’s a traditional Chinese soy sauce jug. The little spout is a giveaway."
"It’s a razor blade sharpener."
"A gum massager that broke off of an electric toothbrush."
"Could be an old hydraulic cylinder from an excavator/farm equipment."
"I have one of these from Egypt. Definitely a paperweight tourist trinket."
"It’s a millstone from a small mill."
"I think it’s a vintage hat display stand. The pull cord lets you pull the hat down and to the sides to exam it rather than touching the hat itself."
"This is elevation off of the laser level. At that point, it is 20 inches higher than the lowest point that was shot or 20 inches lower if marked by -/+."
"6″ tall, 4″ wide, feels metal-ish"
"It’s an iron nodule — a natural concentration of iron."
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