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Caulking mallet
Document Type: Artifact
Geographic Location: Penobscot Bay, Maine
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
ID Number: 1979_4_7-1
Keywords: Working the Bay, Shipbuilding, Tool, 1979.4.7
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Description:
Wooden caulking mallet, for driving oakum or cotton into the seam between planks of a wooden vessel, to make the vessel watertight. Used with a caulking iron. Slots cut into the mallet head produce a distinctive ring when the caulking material is seated solidly in the seam.
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