Agricultural implement made from a tree branch. The two forks of the tool have been secured with leather strapping. The wood has been finished with a type of lacquer. The wood shaft of the pitchfork is cracked in several places.

AMEC Analysis: Years (min): 1880 Years (max): 1900 Comments: This boot heel is made of 9 leather pieces cobbled together with square headed nails. One leather shoe fragment representing the heel of a boot. Object is comprised of layers of leather held with square iron nails. Appears to have been cut from shoe. Iron nails are corroded. Leather is fragmenting, especially the interior layer. Layered leather is delaminating. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is a piece of brown leather approximately 9 inches in length and 2 3/4 inches wide. It is tanned and appears to have been attached to another piece of leather or clothing. Two slits are cut across its midsection One leather fragment. Fragment is a rectangle with two slits cut along the center line. Holes indicate the external edges and the slits' edges were sewn to another article with skin-side out. Grey residue on both sides. Object is folded and stiff. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is a distal portion of a billiards cue - it appears snapped off to 12 1/2 inches in length. There is no tip. One terminal fragment of a game cue with brass and leather tip. Several cracks, especially near the tip-end. Object warped along length giving a slightly bowed appearance. L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Years (max): 1920 Comments: This is the heel and sole of a women's boot. The heel consists of 11 strips of leather cobbled with square headed nails. The sole is also leather and stitched on. Several eyelets are still attached indicating this was made after 1874. Three fragments of one heeled boot. Largest fragment labeled 45KI765/P27-1a, middle fragment labeled 45KI765/P27-1b and smallest fragment labeled 45KI765/P27-1c. Size and shape indicate a woman's shoe. The sole is leather, the interior support is a thicker leather and the exterior surface is a finer leather. Shoe is held together with round iron nails and the sole is sewn to the body of the shoe, including the heel and toe. One eyelet fastener is present. Exterior leather is very worn and fragile. Iron nails are corroded. Heel layers are partially delaminated. The toe end has fully delaminated. Grey residue on upper and lower surfaces. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is the eyelet portion of a lace-up leather boot with cotton lining. There are seven eyelets and four lacing posts. One shoe fragment representing the lacing portion of the shoe. Metal fasteners are fixed in the leather portion, while the remainder of the shoe was cotton. Seven eyelets and four lacing posts are present, all machine added. The stitches are machine-made. Large accretion of grey sediment (dirt) with fabric; sloughing of this material may cause future weight changes. Brass fixtures are corroded. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Years (min): 1890 Comments: This is a loafer-style shoe cobbled with round-headed nails. The heal and sole are constructed of leather strips tacked atop one another. One leather shoe, of a 'loafer' style. Some pieces appear to be made of rubber. Top margin has been machine-sewn, indicating a post 1846 manufacture. The inclusion of nails seems to indicate a pre 1862 manufacture. Significant grey accretions on interior and exteriors; loss of these may cause future weight changes. Iron nails in sole are corroded. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This artifact is a small leather strap with a corroded metal buckle. The strap is 18 inches long and 1/2 inch wide. One leather strap with metal buckle secured to strap near one end. Leather is brittle and metal is corroded. J. Dougherty 12/22/2009

TOTEMS TO TURQUOISE (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2004)