[BCMA] Help identifying an Artefact

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Could it be a homemade tool used to split wood.  

 

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I need help identifying this artefact.  It is made of ferrous metal in 2
parts.  The handle is not that robust and attaches to the head with a square
shape.  The head has very blunt blade (could not be used for cutting), a
shaft where the handle attaches is half square and half round (so the handle
can turn on the blade and act like a ratchet) and has a peened head that
looks like it is designed to be struck with a hammer.  I've seen two of
these so it is not just a one of a kind.  One was dug up in a back yard in
Port Moody and the other is at the Grist Mill in Keremeos with no donor
info.  Any help would be appreciated.

Jim Millar

Port Moody Station Museum

jim.pmmuseum at telus.net

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