We recovered a very similar item from a 19th century kitchen/slave quarter
at the University of Virginia:
https://1drv.ms/i/s!AiTxFvlZTvJfgfAs4nJoFn8Tyl00mA
Our example bears the name 'Rattier & Guibal' A french company specializing
in rubber goods, especially clothing, My limited research on Rattier and
Guibal suggests that they were active from at least the 1820s and possibly
earlier.
https://books.google.com/books?id=JcHKAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PT232&dq=RATTIER%20%26%20GUIBAL&pg=PT232#v=onepage&q=RATTIER%20&%20GUIBAL&f=false
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Ewen, Charles <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Has anyone seen anything like this?
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/6e3x1k63ssncipo/Fastner.jpg?dl=0
> It appears to be a faster of some kind. The lateral tines swing on a
> vertical post and have become rusted to the frame on the opposite side. It
> is from a burial tentatively dated to the early 19th century.
> --
> Charles R. Ewen, Ph.D.
> Director, Phelps Archaeology Laboratory
> Professor, Department of Anthropology
> East Carolina University
> Greenville, NC 27858
> 252-328-9454
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> On 12/13/17, 12:00 AM, "HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY on behalf of HISTARCH
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> > 1. NPS 2018 archeological prospection workshop
> > 2. Working with a disability? What you want people to know.
> > 3. Metal mystery object (6)
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> >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 11:23:21 -0600
> >From: "De Vore, Steven" <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: NPS 2018 archeological prospection workshop
> >
> >Colleagues
> >
> >I would like to announce the National Park Service's annual archeological
> >prospection workshop. It will be held between May 21st and 25th at the
> >Marksville State Historic Site inAvoyelies Parish, Louisiana. The park
> >contains numerous earthworks related to the Marksville culture, which was
> a
> >local variation of the Hopewell Tradition.
> >
> >Please pass this announce on to other colleagues, students, and other
> >interested parties. The workshop has been presented for the last 27
> years;
> >however, retirement in drawing near and this will be the last time I will
> >coordinate the workshop as a National Park Service archeologist.
> >
> >National Park Service’s 2018 Archaeological Prospection Workshop
> >
> >
> >
> >*The National Park Service’s 2018 workshop on archaeological prospection
> >techniques entitled Current Archeological Prospection Advances for
> >Non-destructive Investigations of the Marksville Prehistoric Indian Site
> >(16AV1), Louisiana, *will be held May 21--15, 2018, at the Marksville
> State
> >Historic Site in Avoyelies Parish, Louisiana. Lodging will be at the
> >Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana. The lectures will be at a
> >meeting room in the Paragon Casino Resort. The field exercises will take
> >place at the Marksville Prehistoric Indian Site at the Marksville Sate
> >Historic Site. The site is the type site for the Marksville Culture, a
> >local variant of the Hopewell Tradition. The site contains numerous
> >earthworks built by the indigenous prehistoric people of the southeastern
> >North America. Co-sponsors for the workshop include the National Park
> >Service’s Midwest Archeological Center and the National Center for
> >Preservation Technology and Training, as well as the Marksville State
> >Historic Site and the Office of Cultural Development, Division of
> >Archaeology of the Louisiana State Historic Preservation Office This will
> >be the twenty-eighth year of the workshop dedicated to the use of
> >geophysical, aerial photography, and other remote sensing methods as they
> >apply to the identification, evaluation, conservation, and protection of
> >archaeological resources across this Nation. The workshop will present
> >lectures on the theory of operation, methodology, processing, and
> >interpretation with on-hands use of the equipment in the field. There is
> a
> >registration charge of $475.00. Application forms are available on the
> >Midwest Archeological Center’s web page at <http://www.nps.gov/mwac/>.
> >Payment wil be made by credit card through the Friends of NCPTT at <
> >https://www.ncptt.nps.gov/training-conference-events/>. For further
> >information, please contact Steven L. DeVore, Archeologist, National Park
> >Service, Midwest Archeological Center, Federal Building, Room 474, 100
> >Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3873: tel: (402) 437-5392,
> >ext. 141; fax: (402) 437-5098; email: <[log in to unmask]>.
> >
> >
> >--
> >___________________________________________
> >It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
> > (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Scandal in Bohemia")
> >
> >Steven L. De Vore, Archeologist RPA
> >National Park Service
> >Midwest Archeological Center
> >Federal Building, Room 474
> >100 Centennial Mall North
> >Lincoln, NE 68508-3859 USA
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> >Phone: (402) 437-5392, ext. 141
> >Fax: (402) 437-5098
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> >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:56:04 +0000
> >From: Kimberly Wooten <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Working with a disability? What you want people to know.
> >
> >Hello--
> >
> >I'm going to be delivering a short presentation that discusses working as
> an archaeologist with a disability. I had a mastectomy and lymph node
> removal in 2015 and don't have full use of my arm and continue to have
> fatigue from treatment. My disability is not visible--many conditions
> aren't--but I still require some modification to my work day. It can be
> difficult for me to ask for these modifications, as I feel like I'll be
> seen as a less effective employee. At times I don't actually see myself as
> having a "real" disability, compared to what others have to cope with on a
> daily basis.
> >
> >
> >My question is relatively simple, if you feel like answering: What you
> would like coworkers and supervisors to understand about working with a
> disability? Your answer can be as detailed as you like, covering both
> physical and emotional impacts to your work. Your name will not be shared,
> but I may discuss specifics of work modification, impacts to livelihood, or
> other issues raised as examples for the audience to consider. The aim is to
> bring attention to a population within the world of archaeology that is
> often unseen.
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> >Many thanks, Kimberly Wooten
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> >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 11:00:15 -0800
> >From: Linda Hylkema <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Metal mystery object
> >
> >Could anyone help ID this thing? It looks to be of copper. Is it a
> >mouthpiece for some sort of instrument?? Pics are here:
> >
> >https://www.flickr.com/photos/20752981@N05/albums/72157690920899995
> >
> >THANK YOU in advance for your help!
> >
> >
> >Linda Hylkema, RPA
> >Director, Cultural Resource Management, Santa Clara University
> >W: *408-554-4513* | C: *408-219-5748* | Ricard Observatory | 500 El
> Camino
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> >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 19:24:53 +0000
> >From: "Branstner, Mark C" <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: Metal mystery object
> >
> >Linda,
> >
> >I generally refer to all such objects as ‘possible lamp parts’ … (
> >
> >Mark
> >
> >_____________________________________________________________
> >
> >Mark C. Branstner, RPA
> >Senior Historical Archaeologist (Retired)
> >Illinois State Archaeological Survey,
> >Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> >Great Lakes Research, LLC
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> >
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> >On 12/12/17, 1:00 PM, "HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY on behalf of Linda Hylkema"
> <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Could anyone help ID this thing? It looks to be of copper. Is it a
> > mouthpiece for some sort of instrument?? Pics are here:
> >
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/20752981@N05/albums/72157690920899995
> >
> > THANK YOU in advance for your help!
> >
> >
> > Linda Hylkema, RPA
> > Director, Cultural Resource Management, Santa Clara University
> > W: *408-554-4513* | C: *408-219-5748* | Ricard Observatory | 500 El
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> >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 19:26:38 +0000
> >From: Keith Doms <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: Metal mystery object
> >
> >It appears to be a very flattened wick tube for a kerosene lamp. Are
> there 2 vertical slots below the round piece? I can't tell for sure from
> the photos. If so that is where the spur gears engage with the woven wick
> which it would raise and lower the wick.
> >
> >Keith R. Doms
> >Newlin Grist Mill
> >Site Manager
> >219 S. Cheyney Rd.
> >Glen Mills, PA 19342
> >(610) 459-2359
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Linda Hylkema [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 2:00 PM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Metal mystery object
> >
> >Could anyone help ID this thing? It looks to be of copper. Is it a
> mouthpiece for some sort of instrument?? Pics are here:
> >
> >https://www.flickr.com/photos/20752981@N05/albums/72157690920899995
> >
> >THANK YOU in advance for your help!
> >
> >
> >Linda Hylkema, RPA
> >Director, Cultural Resource Management, Santa Clara University
> >W: *408-554-4513* | C: *408-219-5748* | Ricard Observatory | 500 El
> Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053 [log in to unmask]
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> >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 14:39:34 -0500
> >From: Karlis Karklins <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: Metal mystery object
> >
> >Hi Linda,
> >
> >A similar item is shown on p. 54 of the Parks Canada* Lighting Devices*
> >publication:
> >
> >parkscanadahistory.com/series/saah/lightingdevices.pdf
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Karlis
> >
> >On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Linda Hylkema <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Could anyone help ID this thing? It looks to be of copper. Is it a
> >> mouthpiece for some sort of instrument?? Pics are here:
> >>
> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/20752981@N05/albums/72157690920899995
> >>
> >> THANK YOU in advance for your help!
> >>
> >>
> >> Linda Hylkema, RPA
> >> Director, Cultural Resource Management, Santa Clara University
> >> W: *408-554-4513* | C: *408-219-5748* | Ricard Observatory | 500 El
> Camino
> >> Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
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> >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:18:23 -0800
> >From: Linda Hylkema <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: Metal mystery object
> >
> >Keith, yes there are two vertical bars on one side...thanks!
> >
> >Linda Hylkema, RPA
> >Director, Cultural Resource Management, Santa Clara University
> >W: *408-554-4513* | C: *408-219-5748* | Ricard Observatory | 500 El Camino
> >Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
> >[log in to unmask]
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> >
> >On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Keith Doms <[log in to unmask]>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> It appears to be a very flattened wick tube for a kerosene lamp. Are
> >> there 2 vertical slots below the round piece? I can't tell for sure
> from
> >> the photos. If so that is where the spur gears engage with the woven
> wick
> >> which it would raise and lower the wick.
> >>
> >> Keith R. Doms
> >> Newlin Grist Mill
> >> Site Manager
> >> 219 S. Cheyney Rd.
> >> Glen Mills, PA 19342
> >> (610) 459-2359
> >> [log in to unmask]
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Linda Hylkema [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 2:00 PM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Metal mystery object
> >>
> >> Could anyone help ID this thing? It looks to be of copper. Is it a
> >> mouthpiece for some sort of instrument?? Pics are here:
> >>
> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/20752981@N05/albums/72157690920899995
> >>
> >> THANK YOU in advance for your help!
> >>
> >>
> >> Linda Hylkema, RPA
> >> Director, Cultural Resource Management, Santa Clara University
> >> W: *408-554-4513* | C: *408-219-5748* | Ricard Observatory | 500 El
> >> Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053 [log in to unmask]
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> >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:21:37 -0800
> >From: Linda Hylkema <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: Metal mystery object
> >
> >Thanks Karlis! That is it exactly. And thanks for the great reference.
> >
> >Thank you to all who answered; greatly appreciated!
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Linda
> >
> >Linda Hylkema, RPA
> >Director, Cultural Resource Management, Santa Clara University
> >W: *408-554-4513* | C: *408-219-5748* | Ricard Observatory | 500 El Camino
> >Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
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> >On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Karlis Karklins <[log in to unmask]>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Linda,
> >>
> >> A similar item is shown on p. 54 of the Parks Canada* Lighting Devices*
> >> publication:
> >>
> >> parkscanadahistory.com/series/saah/lightingdevices.pdf
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Karlis
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Linda Hylkema <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Could anyone help ID this thing? It looks to be of copper. Is it a
> >> > mouthpiece for some sort of instrument?? Pics are here:
> >> >
> >> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/20752981@N05/albums/72157690920899995
> >> >
> >> > THANK YOU in advance for your help!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Linda Hylkema, RPA
> >> > Director, Cultural Resource Management, Santa Clara University
> >> > W: *408-554-4513* | C: *408-219-5748* | Ricard Observatory | 500 El
> >> Camino
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