Wooden block, wooden conical hammer.
Wooden block, wooden conical hammer.
- Object Number:
- 1927-515/1
- type:
- hammer - tool
Arab shoemaker's tools and specimens of work comprising: 1. Wooden block. 2. Brass hammer, conical. 3. Wooden hammer, conical. 4. 4ft wooden rod. 5. Shoe tree in three parts. 6. Shoe tree in three parts. 7. Completed shoe. 8. Shoe, partly completed. 9. 2 sheets of leather. 10. 4 parts of shoe cut from leather. 11. Iron last. 12. Steel scissors. 13. Steel chisel. 14. Steel awl. 15. Steel knife. 16. Wooden mallet.
Wooden block, wooden conical hammer.
A 4 foot long rod and a pair of shoe trees both in three parts consisting of a wooden toe/ instep shape a stretcher and a wedge
A completed shoe and a partly completed shoe, 2 sheets of leather and four parts of shoes cut from leather
An iron last, steel scissors, a chisel, an awl and a knife
Two pictures of the Tunisian Siouk where the shoemaker worked and traded
Brass conical hammer, or 'maul', forming part of an Arab shoemaker's toolkit. The maul would be used to soften up leather, making it easier to work.