Crimping Shears
MediumIron
Dimensions7 7/8 × 3 9/16 in. (20 × 9 cm)
ClassificationsTools and Equipment
Credit LineGift of W.B. Cramen
Object number1930.3.8 LA
DescriptionShears. Blade is 1.25 in wide, decorated at tip with female profile, fits into curved groove to which it is hinged, at point opposite handles. Purpose uncertain.Crimping shears with two equally sized handle holes. One part of the shears has a wide blade with an end that has a decorative extension, that to this cataloguer, resembles a head. Other part of the shears is a blade guard that holds and shields the blade. A bolt holds that object together at the end of the shears opposite the handles. There are three dented marks in the middle of each handle.
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c. 1864
19th century
Philippines
1910
c. 1760, maybe
Japan