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Stamp, Marking

Object Name:
Stamp, Marking
Object ID:
1966.047.13
Description:
Animal marking stamp. Medium brown carved wood. Number "5". Serif style. Evidence of three drill holes on front surface. Additional tool marks around drill holes to create number. Tapers to small, flatly domed rear end with slightly chamfered edge. Some saw marks across back surface. Tool marks on sides are fairly small. Red and possibly a few black pigment residues on numeral surface and on adjacent sides. Some red residues further back on sides.
Material:
Wood
Dimensions:
H-2.9 W-1.8 L-4.5 Dia-1.4 inches
Provenance:
Part of a collection of early wooden tools and implements from a farm in Hancock, NH.
Credit Line:
Gift of Milton F. Schadegg
Subjects:
Sheep
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