George:
    After reading the responses you received about this object I sent the link to my father who has been in the food service equipment business a LOOONG time.  His response:


Ed: I think it is a hide roller. A tool similar was used to flatten animal hides or get the moisture out, like in whale skin. I saw something like this in a museum in Hawaii once. I'd check with others. I have been wrong before.

T

    Everyone else took a shot, thought I would toss this in to completely stir the mix.

Ed Hale
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From: Georgen Charnes <[log in to unmask]>

Hello!
We have found an object that we don't know what it is. If you know what it is, please tell us!
I've posted the image on the web: http://www.nha.org/unknownobject.htm

Georgen Gilliam Charnes
Librarian, Archivist, & Webmaster
Nantucket Historical Association
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