A processional mining tool

PART OF:: Seventeen processional mining tools. Saxony

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A processional mining tool. From Saxony. Carved wooden handle with metal head, spiked at one end. Carved handle, the bottom section is a carved image of a man. Then there are for additional carved sections, the bottom two are people and the rest are other images.

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Category:: Mining & Ore Dressing

Object Number:: 1886-228/14

Materials:: wood and metal

type:: tools

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A processional mining tool

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