Marking hammer (tanner)
identifier
ID 357
morphology
craft
holotype
MOT V 88.0754 L=30cm WD=10,5cm WT=332gr
holotype
MOT V 91.542 L=29cm WD=11,5cm WT=360gr. Inscription: 1162.
alias
needle-stamp (syn.) (SALAMAN 1986: 209)
alias
pricking hammer (syn.) (SALAMAN 1986: 209)
description
Wooden hammer with a metal plate on the track, on which a pattern of small nails is attached; those nails can form letters or a figure.
The tanner marks the skins with the stamp hammer: when beating the nails, they make holes in the animal skin.
See also the marking hammer of a lumberman. [MOT]
MOT V 88.0754