Last, Shoe
- Object Name:
- Last, Shoe
- Object ID:
- 1966.047.24 a-b
- Description:
- Shoe Last. Medium-brown, fine-grained hardwood, two-piece. Removable section at front upper surface that encompasses part of front flat surface. Parallel saw marks that run across width of shoe that are inside surfaces of removable piece. Saw mark curves down towards toe then goes straight up near toe. Piece of square metal nail in front surface of removable section. Horizontal hole in removable section near flat surface. Vertical hole in middle of flat surface. Small horizontal hole near back below flat surface. Narrow. Marked "1 1/2" top of removable section. Worn groove parallel to edge of perimeter of sole. Small cluster of holes behind toe groove area. Slightly larger hole center of sole behind toe area. Cluster of holes and additional materials near center of arch. Another cluster of additional materials and holes at back of sole just before rear groove. Small cluster holes on back edge near top. Four holes about halfway up on back edge. Some dark staining along worn groove particularly in arch area. Some reddish residues in arch area and heel area in sole.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-3.8 W-2.7 L-9.9 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
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