Iron single frame square utilitarian buckle with looped tongue.
Iron | Object #: 1819450
Appears that tongue is piercing iron sheeting of some kind. Heavily corroded. Tongue loops around longer axis of frame.
Appears that tongue is piercing iron sheeting of some kind. Heavily corroded. Tongue loops around longer axis of frame.
Likely for some type of clothing buckle (shoe, knee, etc.)
Broken shoe buckle hook with spikes for the latchets.
Likely part of shoe buckle due to size. Heavily corroded.
Heavily corroded.
Heavily corroded. 1/2 of buckle frame. Measurements taken on thick corrosion.
Slightly curved profile. Possibly knee or shoe buckle; similar size to tongue for knee buckle 1820836.
In very poor condition. Slightly curvature to profile. Likely a shoe buckle.
Buckle has oval frame and slightly curved profile. Pin parallel to long axis of buckle; possibly a large knee buckle.
Heavily corroded. Incomplete. Single (?) frame buckle.
Iron D-shape frame buckle, no tongue. Poor condition.
Parks Canada notes "chalk-heel" flints retain portions of cortex from original nodule. Slightly concave back.
Opaque and darker than core 1829506.
Kidd type unknown due to distorted shape; original shape type and manu tech also indeterminate. Little to no patina.
Possibly similar to "Turkey Oyl Stone" Washington orders in 1759. Oil stones are whetstones, used for sharpening or honing, novaculite-rich from area of Ottoman empire http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/what-is-an-oilstone-2. Appears broken along 3 faces with 3 original faces. Tapers in profile…
This artifact is a fragment of lead, possibly related to the production of molded lead shot. Some shot molds were capable of casting a single ball, and others, called gang molds, were capable of casting several shot all at once. Regardless of type, molten lead was poured into the top of the mold and…
Uniform in profile, appears to retain 1 (possibly 2) original edges. One face has 1 X and a series of parallel lines cutting faintly into the surface. Possibly from use as architectural material, or possibly re-purposed as writing surface.
In poor condition. Missing tongue. D-shape single frame iron util. buckle. May have once had plate- pin has piece of metal looped around frame that may have once connected body of plate to buckle.
Bone button molds were disks cut from animal bone, often identifiable by the presence of a single central hole created by a cutting tool during production. The bone disk often served as the back of a two part button. In this button form, the face of the button was commonly comprised of a stamped metal…
Z(2s) plied yellow thread. Retains discoloration from contact with metal- likely the silk core to a metallic thread