# What is this object?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 3, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366 "2018-06-03T20:02:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/1 "2018-06-03T20:02:48Z")
A friend posted this on Facebook.
> [@](#):
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> Does anyone know what this is? I won this in a raffle basket for gardeners.
> …
[ ](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180603/ff081c6eca14f60598457d7b51ff1964.jpg)
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### Author:  [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/2 "2018-06-03T20:04:57Z")
That is a Stick. 🙂
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/3 "2018-06-03T20:07:30Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#):
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> That is a Stick. 🙂
But it seems to be carved for some purpose.
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### Author:  [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/4 "2018-06-03T20:17:41Z")
I used to make stuff like that.
Take a branch with bark and such that’s nice looking. Chuck it in the lathe and turn down and finish one or both ends. Sometimes drill the narrow end so it looks like a bottle.
Decorative object.
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### Author:  [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/5 "2018-06-03T20:18:20Z")
A dibber maybe? [https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTiFHukn\_ZLgHKQPgi39QQq-7I-DM6AK9W-1u6pI8RoIImrUyeb](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTiFHukn_ZLgHKQPgi39QQq-7I-DM6AK9W-1u6pI8RoIImrUyeb)
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/6 "2018-06-03T20:23:56Z")
> [@bob\_2](#):
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> A dibber maybe? [https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTiFHukn\_ZLgHKQPgi39QQq-7I-DM6AK9W-1u6pI8RoIImrUyeb](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTiFHukn_ZLgHKQPgi39QQq-7I-DM6AK9W-1u6pI8RoIImrUyeb)
Wouldn’t a dibber be more pointed?
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/7 "2018-06-03T20:30:46Z")
Yeah, you stand it up in your garden to look pretty. And that’s about it.
If it had some practical purpose, it’d have had the bark stripped off.
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### Author:  [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/8 "2018-06-03T20:53:14Z")
It’s also been signed. That’s good evidence the creator thinks it’s a work of art.
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### Author:  [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/9 "2018-06-03T21:17:01Z")
It’s a turned wood vase. [1](https://www.etsy.com/listing/491549061/small-mid-century-turned-wood-vase) [2](https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mid-Century-Modern-Carved-Wooden-Bud-Vase-Signed-W-Schwab-Walnut-/351765258971?nma=true&si=XjVujkI%252FMSzpB8x4lsrVYMA1ZzA%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557) [3](https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mid-Century-handcrafted-wood-turned-Vase-signed-Schwab/162971121314?hash=item25f1d5f6a2:g:eukAAOSwGWBavSmD) [4](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/turned-wood-vases-lot-1871012644)
Yours seems to be in a particularly crappy condition.
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### Author:  [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/10 "2018-06-03T21:18:43Z")
> [@OldGuy](#):
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> It’s also been signed. That’s good evidence the creator thinks it’s a work of art.
Either a work of art or a rustic-looking tool of some kind. But I can’t think what a tool that looks like this could be for, and as mentioned, if it was really a tool then they presumably wouldn’t leave bark on what would presumably be a handle or gripping area.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/11 "2018-06-03T21:25:36Z")
A barrel hole stopper or a stopper for a big ice cream turner, you know the old wooden ones. Or for a ice tray in a old wooden ice box. WAG.
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/12 "2018-06-03T21:31:39Z")
Have any vampires in your neck of the woods?
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### Author:  [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/13 "2018-06-03T21:43:26Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#):
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> Have any vampires in your neck of the woods?
Hahahaha “neck” of the woods 😃
It’s not sharp enough. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/14 "2018-06-03T23:07:03Z")
Dang, I was hoping it was grid ball.
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### Author:  [@Ornery\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ornery_Bob)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/15 "2018-06-04T01:51:44Z")
Definitely a turned wood vase. The bark was left on for decorative purposes. I like it.
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/16 "2018-06-04T11:53:07Z")
Looks like a schwab.
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### Author:  [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/17 "2018-06-04T12:46:18Z")
As Abraham Lincoln is known to have said, “Anything’s a dildo if you’re brave enough.”
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### Author:  [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/18 "2018-06-04T13:10:10Z")
Looks like latheing practice piece … sometimes when I’m bored I take short chunks of 4x12 and rip it down to 1/4" x 1/4" project pieces … just making sawdust is all …
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/19 "2018-06-04T13:33:56Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#):
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> It’s a turned wood vase. [1](https://www.etsy.com/listing/491549061/small-mid-century-turned-wood-vase) [2](https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mid-Century-Modern-Carved-Wooden-Bud-Vase-Signed-W-Schwab-Walnut-/351765258971?nma=true&si=XjVujkI%252FMSzpB8x4lsrVYMA1ZzA%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557) [3](https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mid-Century-handcrafted-wood-turned-Vase-signed-Schwab/162971121314?hash=item25f1d5f6a2:g:eukAAOSwGWBavSmD) [4](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/turned-wood-vases-lot-1871012644)
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> Yours seems to be in a particularly crappy condition.
> [@Ornery\_Bob](#):
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> Definitely a turned wood vase. The bark was left on for decorative purposes. I like it.
I think this is probably the answer.
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-object/815366/20 "2018-06-04T13:43:01Z")
eBay has a wood turned vase signed Schwab. I think this is almost certainly the answer.
[https://m.ebay.com/itm/Mid-Century-handcrafted-wood-turned-Vase-signed-Schwab/162971121314?\_mwBanner=1&\_rdt=1](https://m.ebay.com/itm/Mid-Century-handcrafted-wood-turned-Vase-signed-Schwab/162971121314?_mwBanner=1&_rdt=1)
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