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Artifact of the Week: Metal Stake-Eye

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This is an antique metal stake eye, donated to the Karshner Center in 1997. It was used by hammering the pointed end of the stake into a tree, and threading a cord or rope through the open eye. This stake eye was used by loggers in the Pacific Northwest in the late 1800s.



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