[BCMA] Help Wanted: Mystery Objects

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Hi Kelly, 

# 1 & 2 are electrical insulators, used in house construction prior to the 1960s. The longer ones went through 2 x 4s, the thicker, shorter one attached the wires to supports. 

Don't know about #3, but treat is cautiously - could be poison or dangerous. 

B 

Dr. Barbara J. Winter 
Director, Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology 
Department of Archaeology 
Faculty of the Environment 
Simon Fraser University 
8888 University Drive 
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 

t. 778.782.3325 
f. 778.782.5666 
bwinter at sfu.ca 
www.sfu.museum 



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Subject: [BCMA] Help Wanted: Mystery Objects 

Hello BCMA Members, 
We have come across some uncatalogued, unidentified objects in our collections and are hoping some of you will know what they are! 

Mystery #1: Ceramic. 

Mystery #2: Ceramic/porcelain. Reminds me of clay pipe stems. 

Mystery #3: Glass vials with liquid and floating debris. Possibly medicinal? 

Thank you for your help! 

Kelly Brown, Museum Coordinator 
PoCo Heri tage Museum and Archives 
150 - 2248 McAllister Ave 
Port Coquitlam BC V3C 2A5 
[ tel:604-927-8403 | 604-927-8403 ] | [ mailto:president at pocoheritage.org | info ] [ mailto:president at pocoheritage.org | @pocoheritage.org ] | [ http://www.pocoheritage.org/ | www.pocoheritage.org ] 



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