Inventory | Ethnography | Tenaglia
- Common name
- Tong
- Material
- steel
Description
The tong was used to grasp pieces of metal during the forging process. It was gripped with both hands to grasp the heated metal in the blacksmith's forge, facilitating the work of shaping and forging metal.
Use
- Areas of use
- craft activities
- Specific use
- metalworking
- Craft
- locksmith
Preserved specimen
Tool consisting of two crossed and movable arms around a pivot, the longer parts formed the handle while the short ones were used to grip the workpiece
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s030-00142
