Hatchel
- Object Name:
- Hatchel
- Object ID:
- 1977.055.05 a-b
- Description:
- Hatchel. Wood, iron, and steel. Base board medium-tan, fine-grained hardwood. Simple, small step decoration along longitudinal edges. Ends slightly rounded top to bottom. An array of pointed spikes mounted through a block of wood. Block ~0.9" thick, 5.1" x 5". Wrought iron band ~0.7" wide that is wrapped around block of wood. In each corner, flat-head nail driven between block and band down into and through the base board. Ends of nails on base clipped. Heads of nails on top are smoothed and shaped a little. Spikes square at base, with long taper to their tips. In an array of 15 rows. Rows alternate 8 and 7 in a row, total 113. Spikes ~3.8" long above wood base. Array 4.5" x 4.7". Wooden cover of five pieces nailed together; top flares slightly on two sides opposite each other.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Iron
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-5.6 W-6.2 L-20.3 D-0.9 inches Weight-118.3 oz
- Provenance:
- From the James Cowan Sawyer collection.
- Credit Line:
- James Cowan Sawyer Collection, Gift of George F. Sawyer and Charles H. Sawyer
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