Metal leatherworking splitter and loose lever

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

2014.316.6.1a: A metal leatherworking splitter. The splitter has a roller and several rotating gears atop a rectangular base. One side of the splitter has a crank; the other has a large lever. There are screws on the top of the roller that runs across the base. The number [6] is engraved underneath the splitter’s base. 2014.316.6.1b: A loose metal lever that was included with the metal leatherworking splitter. The lever is curved and has a notch at one end.

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