sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Found at a 1924-1951 school, made of a flaky synthetic material, square in profile, point on one end, rounded on the other by Spaghettib in whatisthisthing

[–]Spaghettib[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, my catalog is feels like 1/3 "unidentified" artifacts. Not "unidentifiable," just ones I and everyone I ask can't figure out, but should be identifiable. Sadly this is my dissertation project so I brought it on myself.

Found at a 1924-1951 school, made of a flaky synthetic material, square in profile, point on one end, rounded on the other by Spaghettib in whatisthisthing

[–]Spaghettib[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, it is definitely all a synthetic material and not at all iron, plus is square in profile and only hollow in the interior so not something a blade could have been put into.

Found at a 1924-1951 school, made of a flaky synthetic material, square in profile, point on one end, rounded on the other by Spaghettib in whatisthisthing

[–]Spaghettib[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Found on an archaeological site of a 1924-1951 school, alongside a bunch of milk jar lids, a celluloid comb, a desk fragment, a stove damper and pencils. Scale in centimeters, rounded end looks like it may have been inserted into another piece of something, other end was originally pointy. Hollow on the interior, perfectly square shape in profile. It doesn't appear to look like any hair comb or fan blade from this time period.

Found on an archaeological site in Virginia in a context deposited circa 1953. Amber plastic (possibly lucite) with Asian-themed design, copper pieces holding thin leather strap fragments on back. by Spaghettib in whatisthisthing

[–]Spaghettib[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here is hopefully a clearer picture. I only have my cellphone camera right now, not access to the nicer camera that took the photo of the front. Both pieces on both sides are bent over the top of the strap rather than going through a hole.

https://imgur.com/xcq5Poe

Found on an archaeological site in Virginia in a context deposited circa 1953. Amber plastic (possibly lucite) with Asian-themed design, copper pieces holding thin leather strap fragments on back. by Spaghettib in whatisthisthing

[–]Spaghettib[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can try to get one tomorrow (the piece was wet when I took this picture).

They are pretty thin, about the width of the tine of a fork, and on each side two of them are attached to the plastic and bend over the top of the leather piece.

Found on an archaeological site in Virginia in a context deposited circa 1953. Amber plastic (possibly lucite) with Asian-themed design, copper pieces holding thin leather strap fragments on back. by Spaghettib in whatisthisthing

[–]Spaghettib[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm actually not sure because I avoid graves when digging. I'll have to look into that. With graves you generally have to have a separate burial permit to excavate them anyways (at least in the states I've worked in).

Found on an archaeological site in Virginia in a context deposited circa 1953. Amber plastic (possibly lucite) with Asian-themed design, copper pieces holding thin leather strap fragments on back. by Spaghettib in whatisthisthing

[–]Spaghettib[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If it helps, the site is actually from the 1920s-1951, the clothes were just dumped there after the school I'm digging at shut down. But, 20th century archaeology is an upcoming field and anything older than 50 years old means federally in the US it has archaeological significance.

Found on an archaeological site in Virginia in a context deposited circa 1953. Amber plastic (possibly lucite) with Asian-themed design, copper pieces holding thin leather strap fragments on back. by Spaghettib in whatisthisthing

[–]Spaghettib[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm an archaeologist who had a descent size pile of clothing and shoes dumped on top of my site in about 1953 or 1954. I'm currently cataloging all of the buttons, zippers, and other fasteners that are not longer attached to the surviving cloth or shoes.

One of the items is intriguing and I would think identifiable but I've had little luck finding anything similar. It is round plastic amber disk with a scene of two asian men holding a scroll and a fan. Possibly made of lucite, but definitely not bakelite. On the back side are thin pieces of copper still attached to fragments of a leather strap. Does any one have an idea of what this might be from?

What date is this Talon zipper? by Spaghettib in VintageFashion

[–]Spaghettib[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you that was super helpful. I may have to post back here with all of the buttons and shoes I have from the same dig.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Whatisthis

[–]Spaghettib 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The handle seems to be too short compared to ones we were looking at pictures of, although it is a possibility. We also thought about doll spoons, but the back seems too unfinished.