Letter in regards to an old bark knife that the author has forwarded and another old tool that the author is not sure of the purpose but thinks it was used for bark sipping as the back of the blade is jagged and the blade itself is a kind of gouge. Includes a small sketch of the unknown item.
Letter regarding an old bark knife and another old tool.
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Black and white negative of houses in village with cows and chickens and canal running through with massive tree in foreground
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