1. What is the object made of?

2. Describe or sketch any distinguishing marks, writing, or other clues that might help determine how the object was used?

6. Is there anything that has replaced this object today? How and why is it different?

3. Describe how it might have been used.

5. What does the object say about the life, times, and technology of the people who used it?

4. How was this object made? Why was it made this way?

Created by the Maryland Historical Society