Anyone know what this is?

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  1. JohnBoy731

    JohnBoy731 New Member

    Can't quite figure it out. look like it may have been used to stretch something or wind something. Anyone know what this?
     

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  2. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    @JohnBoy731

    How big is it? Looks like a saddle.
     
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  3. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    A06792AA-B313-42E2-B1CE-2F6935B8F18C.jpeg Welcome to the Forum, Johnboy! :)
    I see a hinge. Can you include a photo, showing the hinged part open? Check Full Image. :)
     
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  4. JohnBoy731

    JohnBoy731 New Member

    I don't have a photo but I'll try to get one.
     
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  5. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    Footstool - should have a leather cushion

    Nice, @JohnBoy731 ! Welcome :)

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  6. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Google for camel saddle images :)

    And... welcome on board!
     
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  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    that's weird...why does one side have a hinge........??
     
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  8. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    We had one of those when I was a kid. Camel stool, it was called.
     
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  9. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    Screenshot 2019-04-24 12.18.20.png
     
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  10. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    To pinch the camel or... the "driver":troll:
     
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    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Maybe for riding side-saddle. :hilarious:
     
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  12. all_fakes

    all_fakes Well-Known Member

    It isn't really a hinge for a particular purpose so far as I know, other than to level the seating. Generally just called a camel-saddle, and it is modeled after traditional camel-saddles; but these days, they are made to use as foot-stools or seating, sold to tourists in the Middle East.
    There would be brass caps over the two uprights, now missing, as is the cushion.
    My parents had two, much like this, brought back from the Middle East around 1960.
     
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  13. JohnBoy731

    JohnBoy731 New Member

    Thank you for all of your help!
     
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