Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2010.44.001
Accession#:
2010.44
Credit Line:
Discovered in Collections.
Object Name:
Dog, Log
Title:
Log Dog/Timber Gad/Log Staple
Year Range from:
1945
Year Range to:
2004
Description:
Steel Log Dog.
Steel implement which consists of a steel ring. On top of the ring is a rectangular flat protrusion designed to be struck with a hammer. On the bottom of the ring is a protrusion shaped like a spear head that comes to a point.
Object is corroded. The rectangular protrusion on top of the ring has been struck with something and peened over ever so slightly.
Steel implement which consists of a steel ring. On top of the ring is a rectangular flat protrusion designed to be struck with a hammer. On the bottom of the ring is a protrusion shaped like a spear head that comes to a point.
Object is corroded. The rectangular protrusion on top of the ring has been struck with something and peened over ever so slightly.
Notes:
Log dogs such as these were/are used when rafting logs. They are pounded into a log when it is in the water, then a cable or chain is run through the eye. This is called a swifter line, and the swifter lines are used to hold the logs together in a raft.
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