✅ SOLVED Unidentified bronze piece!

[Fossils]

Hi all,

I found this unknown object along an old hiking trail with colonial history leading up to the present. It is all one piece and made of a bronze alloy. It consists of a c-shaped curve and a longer strip extending from one side. There is a small peg of iron protruding from the bottom of the long strip, as if it was attatched to something else. Along the c-shaped curve, there are 5 small teethlike protrusions.

I am stumped as to the purpose of this object and would appreciate any ideas. Right now I am thinking potentially a piece of horse harness equipment, though I cannot find any similar examples.

Thanks!

Some close ups of the surfaces. There are five small toothlike projections along the curved strip.

 

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[Mud Hut]

Back when polio affected many, leg braces were common. To me, that looks like a piece to an old leg brace.

 

[GDub62]

Back when polio affected many, leg braces were common. To me, that looks like a piece to an old leg brace.

I was thinking along the same lines like a tree climbing spike that attaches to boot

 

[Fossils]

Thanks for the help everyone! Marking this one as solved!

 

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