[BCMA] Sharp Spoon and Not-A-Candle-Holder?

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I love your postings on the BCMA Listserv seeking identification of objects.   What comes to mind is the concept of a “Whatsit Museum” filled with things like yours.   It would be like a Ripley’s Believe It Or Not museum, but based on down home real objects and shared public attempts to identify them or be mystified by them.   Every museum has things like yours, and the new museum would be a way to allow them to be collected together in a meaningful manner instead of just lingering unappreciated in the back corners of Collection rooms elsewhere.   Surely there is a public need for such a place too, providing a well advertised place for mysterious objects to be identified or puzzled over.  There are several on-line discussion lists for this kind of thing, but a small place such as Chase could become an international centre of interest if it actually physically collected and shared the mysteries.   Everyone likes a good mystery.   The Chase Museum would become a place that is “on the chase" for curiosity information.   A stop in there would be a refreshing addition to the long trip on Highway #1.

Cuyler Page
Heritage Interpretation Services
Vernon, BC


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Subject: [BCMA] Sharp Spoon and Not-A-Candle-Holder?

Good afternoon everyone,

I'm really getting a lot of use out of this mailing list! Hopefully someone is able to help me identify some more mysterious objects I've recently discovered.

Please find attached pictures of some kind of spoon shaped tool and a circular dish. I have no idea what either item is or how it should be classified.

The spoon has sharp edges on either side and has the word "National" stamped into it. The other object looks very similar to a candle holder except that the center cylinder is hollow. Perhaps it is a part of something else?

Any ideas would be welcome to help me make a decision about keeping and accessioning these objects.

Thanks,
Breanne

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