Hammer, Quarry
- Object Name:
- Hammer, Quarry
- Object ID:
- 1957.036.115
- Description:
- Quarry Hammer, steel and wood. Medium-brown, oval cross-section handle that extends through socket in hammerhead. Socket almost round. Top end handle looks to have wedge and possibly other things driven into it to tighten it in place. Remnants inside hammerhead broken and deteriorated. Hammerhead, two, approximately rectangular faces. Top and bottom sides convex and form smooth surface from one end to other. Vertical sides of head, slight triangular depressions with narrow part near hammer faces. One hammer face turned over on all four edges from repeated strikes. Other face less blemished, but has couple small, smooth chips on one side and bottom edge. Crack in head on one side from top to bottom. Crack more visible at top and bottom surfaces.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-8.9 W-2.1 L-4.7 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Adin M. Noyes and Carl O. Noyes
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