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Log Stamp
- Description
- Metal log stamp with opening for a handle to be inserted. Handle is missing. Four sided square end is engraved "7A1" and "605".
- Other Names
- timber mark hammer
- stamp hammer
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MATERIALS
- Sub-Category
- FORESTRY TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- Metal log stamp with opening for a handle to be inserted. Handle is missing. Four sided square end is engraved "7A1" and "605".
- History Of Use
- Used to mark the ends of logs by hammering the end. The numbers engraved in the stamp idenified which company the log belonged to. Similar to cattle branding.
- Width
- 5.5
- Length
- 12.5
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- width measured at stamp end (widest end)
- Accession No.
- 2017.116.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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