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Anthropology

Effete Snob

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7. The holes aren't all the same size

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Jan 14, 2023, 02:47 PM

Jan 2023

It looks like some kind of gauging or ranging device. Since the holes aren’t the same size then lining up the device at an appropriate distance from the eye, and then sighting an object of known size through it, could provide a distance measurement. A type of surveying device.

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