<html><body><div style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000"><div>Hi Kelly,</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div># 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.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Don't know about #3, but treat is cautiously - could be poison or dangerous.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>B</div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__">Dr. Barbara J. Winter<br>Director, Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology<br>Department of Archaeology<br>Faculty of the Environment<br>Simon Fraser University<br>8888 University Drive<br>Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6<br><br>t. 778.782.3325<br>f. 778.782.5666<br>bwinter@sfu.ca<br>www.sfu.museum<br><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv." <bcma@lists.vifa.ca><br><b>To: </b>"BC Museums Association" <bcma@lists.vifa.ca><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, October 18, 2017 5:52:51 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[BCMA] Help Wanted: Mystery Objects<br></div><br><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div dir="ltr">Hello BCMA Members,<br><div>We have come across some uncatalogued, unidentified objects in our collections and are hoping some of you will know what they are! </div><br><div>Mystery #1: Ceramic. </div><br><div>Mystery #2: Ceramic/porcelain. Reminds me of clay pipe stems. <br></div><br><div>Mystery #3: Glass vials with liquid and floating debris. Possibly medicinal?</div><br><div>Thank you for your help! <br></div><br><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><div style="font-family:tahoma;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-size:10pt"><div style="font-size:10pt"><span size="3" color="339966" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: medium;"><span size="3" face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#333333" data-mce-style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:16px"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><div style="font-family:tahoma;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-size:10pt"><span size="3" color="339966" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: medium;"><span size="3" face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#333333" data-mce-style="color: #333333; 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