Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2008.004.139 |
Object Name |
Hook |
Lexicon category |
10: Unclassifiable Artifacts |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Hand-forged three-pronged hook. |
Provenance |
Unknown. It was found in Southern Ontario. It was last owned by Orme and Dorene Kilburn, of Stratford, Ontario, who collected vintage farm items. |
Collection |
Agricultural Tools & Equipment Collection |
Material |
Metal |
Found |
Ontario |
Function |
Meat hooks doubled as grappling hooks that retrieved things from the bottoms of wells. A hook was very necessary to a household as the well was used many times a day, as foods needing regrigeration were often lowered into it. Items lost beneath the water could not be seen, so they could only be retrieved by groping. The well hook was used as much as any other implements of the old-time household. |