3rd August 2006, 05:36 PM | #1 |
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Unknown strange thing... tool?
I dont have a clue what this mysterious object is! It has a hole on the back so it seems it was attached on a shaft.
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3rd August 2006, 11:24 PM | #2 |
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looks like some sort of voodoo device ???
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4th August 2006, 04:49 AM | #3 |
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Perhaps it's an elaborate serving fork?
Those inlays on the wood handle look a bit like some sort of astrological sign, but if it's a ritual tool, it's a new one on me. My other guess is that it's what we call a doodad here in the US, possibly made by a hobbyist with some time on his hands and, shall we politely say, a unique sense of design? F |
4th August 2006, 07:38 AM | #4 |
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No Really
IMHO it is a highly advanced pair of hedging shears where you set the angle of the cut using the adjustable hands , the inscriptions are to inform the user as to the correct phase of the moon for each hedge plant, unfortunately the mechanism for activating the blades has long since disappeared
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4th August 2006, 11:03 AM | #5 |
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What parts, if any, were ever sharpened. Looks almost like a device to cut a rope. In old naval battles, they would load the cannons with steel bars, & shoot high to damage the riggings & sails. I wonder if in some old naval battles they ever threw hooks or gaffs on a rope to try & pull down/damage riggings. If they did, maybe your "device" might be used to cut the offending ropes. ...or a voodoo doodad serving fork
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4th August 2006, 12:23 PM | #6 |
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The bladed section looks like a set of sheep shearing clippers......perhaps it was used by a 'wandering' sheep shearer.
The 'device' is mounted on a pole placed in the ground.....the two rotating pointers are in fact hour/minute hands......set at the time shearing services are available......hey presto... a mobile sign...that tells you the services offered and his 'opening time' without the use of language....... |
4th August 2006, 06:22 PM | #7 |
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I'll take a WAG and say a masonry or builders tool for mapping angles and positions.
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4th August 2006, 07:05 PM | #8 |
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Might that be some kind of time keeping device? Perhaps if you set it up correctly it would lead you to the ark of the covenant.
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4th August 2006, 07:14 PM | #9 |
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Looks to be a staffhead from a Shi'ite processional, work probably
Hazara (Afghan.) Interesting piece Ham |
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