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Face hammers

Scope note

Heavy hammers having flat faces, with one blunt end and one cutting end; used for rough dressing of blocks of quarried stone. PUTNAM

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300023046

Term used for

hammer, face
hammers, face

Equivalent Terms used

face hammer

Created

13yrs ago

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