Skip header and navigation
Metal Hammer
- Material
- METAL-IRON
- WOOD-UNKNOWN;
- Description
- A short, 18 cm long heavy metal hammer with a wooden handle. The metal head is 12.5 cm ridged head has a round manufactured head at one end and a heavily hammered head at the opposite end. The wood handle extends right through the metal head and slides into a metal groove on the top.
- Title
- Mallet
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Sub-Category
- OTHER TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Description
- A short, 18 cm long heavy metal hammer with a wooden handle. The metal head is 12.5 cm ridged head has a round manufactured head at one end and a heavily hammered head at the opposite end. The wood handle extends right through the metal head and slides into a metal groove on the top.
- History Of Use
- Possibly used for hammering spikes or something similar into a surface. Damaged head suggests another tool was used for the actural hammering.
- Material
- METAL-IRON
- WOOD-UNKNOWN;
- Accession No.
- 2017.98.8
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Less detail