Hatchel
- Object Name:
- Hatchel
- Object ID:
- 1994.514.06
- Description:
- Hatchel. Wood and iron. Flat wood board with tapered rectangular shape. Small end of board 2.9" wide. Sides taper evenly to widest part. Clipped corners on wide end. Slightly rounded and clipped corners on smaller end. Edges beveled on all sides except for the bottom edge at wide end. 14 tapered spikes, longest 1.8", driven through board at wide end. Array of spikes: 2.7" x 3.4". Total length of spikes approximately 0.8" longer due to thickness of board. On wide end, mounted in four rows. First row, 4 spikes, second 3, 3rd 4, and 4th 3. Rows straight, approximately 0.9" apart, front to back. Ends of spikes slightly protrude from bottom side. Remnant of broken nail at small end on top surface. Large single hole near back end about 0.6" diameter. Five holes about one third of way from small end drilled in a Y-shape formation. Three in a row, about in line with longitudinal center. Two closer to edge, slightly ahead of the top hole of the formation of three.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-2.6 W-4.6 L-16.4 D-1 inches Weight-21.3 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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