Sue,
The photo you show looks more like a peavey because of the hook on the end. It's used in logging to move logs by leverage. It's bent and I'm guessing there's a story about that -- otherwise, why would it be attached to a monument? A Johnson bar, or a spud bar is usually shorter than a peavy, and has no hook on the end. A Johnson/spud bar has  a wedge or point on the business end and sometimes has a head on the other end. It would have many uses. I have used mine to move large rocks and chunks of concrete, again by leverage. The names of these tools came to me from Idaho and Oregon in the local vernacular. I wonder what this tool is called elsewhere. 

MVT

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> On Aug 24, 2014, at 4:31 PM, Susan Maltby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Greetings wise ones.  A client of mine has an "artifact" in her public art collection that has been referred to as a "Johannson bar" (photo attached).  Supposedly it was used in quarrying stone.  Her research has shown up no such bar.  It appears to have nothing to do with anyone named "Johannson."  She fears that it may well be an urban myth.  One person thought that it might be a "spud bar" (apparently a Scottish term).  Does anyone on the list know what this thing is & how it is suppose to be used?  We also have no idea if it is complete or not. Any input would be appreciated.
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> Many thanks.
> 
> Sue Maltby, Conservator
> Maltby & Associates Inc.
> Adjunct Faculty, Museum Studies Programme/Faculty of Information
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