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Adz - PWF2009.004.002
Stone. Oblong stone adz. One end is roughly shaped, the other is smoothed except for an area of loss at the edge. Stone tool associated with the Lenni Lenape Native Americans of southeastern Pennsylvania. Tool found in Worcester Township near the Peter Wentz Farmstead.

Record Type: Object
Adz - PWF2009.004.003
Stone. Oblong stone adz. Shaped with a broad tapered wedge at one end and a narrower flat surface at the other end. Stone tool associated with the Lenni Lenape Native Americans of southeastern Pennsylvania. Tool found in Worcester Township near the Peter Wentz Farmstead.

Record Type: Object
Adz - PWF2009.004.028
Stone. Worked. Black-grey stone. Triangular-shaped, convex stone. One end shaped to an axe cutting edge. Identifed by donor as a farming adz. Associated with the Lenni Lenape Native Americans who occupied southeastern Pennsylvania.

Record Type: Object
Ambrotype - PWF2004.02
Glass. Photographic ambrotype of Thomas Wentz. Ambrotype set into wood and paper hinged case with metallic oval framing and velvet padding inside lid. Attached typed label reads "THOMAS WENTZ (/) b. 7-15-1820 (/) d. 6-4-1912." Case includes small brass locking clasp. Thomas Wentz was the great-grandson of Peter Wentz.

Record Type: Object
Andiron - PWF1976.017.001-.002
Metal(Iron). Wrought. Extruded horizontal bar bent at rear to form support leg. Front arched legs with "S" shaped neck with conical knob. Matching pair.

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Andiron - PWF1978.012
Metal(Brass). Cast. Andirons include extensive decorative raised rings with domed top. Chippendale-style legs mounted on ball feet. Wrought-iron log bars include back legs. Matching pair.

Record Type: Object
Andiron - PWF1997.008.001
Metal(Iron and Brass). Neoclassical-style andiron features iron column with several ball turnings and arched feet at the bottom. Upper brass section includes decorative turnings with larger ball and flame finials. The top section slides over a tapered iron tang extended from the columns. The back log extensions and feet are extruded, or were "pulled" while the red-hot iron was worked by a blacksmith. Mate to Andiron(PWF1997.008.02).

Record Type: Object
Andiron - PWF1997.008.002
Metal(Iron and Brass). Neoclassical-style andiron features iron column with several ball turnings and arched feet at the bottom. Upper brass section shows decorative turnings with ball and flame finial. This top section slides over an iron tang extended from the column. Andiron is mate to previous andiron(PWF1997.008.01) but flame finial has slight different design.

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Assembly, Latch - PWF2018.07.130
Metal(Iron). Wrought. Latch bar from 1758 Wentz house door. Bar tapers from wider end to rounded finial for mounting nail. Square end would drop into door frame keeper to shut door. Includes original wrought nail with rosehead. Yellow paint matches current house colors as of 2022.

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Ax - PWF1983.005
Metal(Iron). Wrought. Trade ax head. Head features a flaring body with curved chopping blade. Round eye. Possible demarcation line on right side suggests that a steel tip was welded to the iron body. Pocked appearance of the tip metal supports this by suggesting blister steel. Ax head possibly coated in museum wax or other non-corrosive coating at one point. Ax Head only. Inactive corroded condition.

Record Type: Object
Ax - PWF2009.004.026
Stone. Ax head. Identified by donor to the farmstead as an ax head. Found in Worcester Township, near the Peter Wentz Farmstead. Associated with the Lenni Lenape Native Americans who occupied southeastern Pennsylvania.

Record Type: Object
Ax - PWF2009.004.027
Stone. Worked. Arrowhead shaped ax head. Grey-colored stone. Identified by donor as an ax head. Found in Worcester Township, near the Peter Wentz Farmstead. Associated with the Lenni Lenape Native Americans who occupied southeastern Pennsylvania.

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Ax, Mortising - PWF1979.007.013
Metal(Iron). Wood(Oak). Wrought-iron blade with a heavy flat poll. Narrow blade suitable for chopping and shaping a mortise hole. Straight-turned wood handle. Poll is misshaped from much pounding. Iron blade moves on handle from wear and wood shrinkage.

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Bag, Hunting - PWF2023.07.04
Leather. Tanned brown leather hunting bag or pouch suspended on harness-leather shoulder strap. Front of bag features two small pocket flaps with leather straps Flaps could be decorative since there is no indication of front pockets on the pouch. Top closing flap extends over pouch opening. Small tin metal buckle sewn on one side. The rounded pouch is hand-stitched around the outer edges. Provided 31.50 inch height is with shoulder strap...

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Balance - PWF1996.038
Metal(Iron). Wrought. Sliding weight scale with spade-shaped end holding two hooks. Steelyard arm is notched and marked in increments from 10 to 50 on one side and 60 to 200 on opposite side. Pear-shaped weight attached with rings.

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Ball, Musket - PWF2000.01.149
Metal(Lead). Excavated. .66/100 caliber musket ball. Cast in a bullet mould, the two halves of this musket ball are not a perfect match. Evidence of the sprue, where the ball was cut from the mould, is still seen. French .66 caliber musket ball found locally in Worcester Township. The Continental Army was encamped on the hills around the Peter Wentz house in early October of 1777 during the Philadelphia campaign. Two months prior to the ...

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Bank, Still - PWF1984.018.099
Redware. Bulbous-shaped child's coin bank which turns inward near the top and then flares outward to pointed finial. Bank decorated with a coggled line one inch below finial. Flared coin slot cut vertically through coggle decoration toward top. Redware body is unglazed.

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Bannerstone - PWF2009.004.004
Stone. Possibly slate. Bannerstone includes striations on the surface of the stone, parallel striations inside the part that would have been drilled out. Missing half of the bannerstone, appears the drilling went off center, possibly causing the stone to split in half. Paper sticker on one side of stone printed, "Worcester - my farm." Bannerstone associated with the Lenni Lenape Native Americans who occupied southeastern Pennsylvania. Fo...

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Bar - PWF2004.01.19
Metal(Iron). Wrought. Flat, tapered latch bar for Norfolk-style door latch. Bar is squared at one end and tapers toward opposite end into a rounded shape. Round end includes central nail hole for attaching to door. Found on the grounds of the Peter Wentz Farmstead.

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Bar - PWF2018.07.165
Metal(Iron). Latch bar for 18th-century door. Flat iron with slightly tapered body toward end. Includes one squared end and a rounded design on opposite end with central hole for mounting nail. Remains of yellow paint on bar. Includes rosehead mounting nail. Latch bar storage bag marked, "From front door of house."

Record Type: Object