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Size: Umbrella

Recorded: March, 2014

Found: Woolly Mammoth, Chicago

Material: Steel

Circa: 20th century

Status: Known

Our friends at Woolly Mammoth were kind enough to let us explore their store and they suggested we might want to use this object. We agree!

With two modes, this tool was used for… something, There are two different examples of it in the pictures, so it must have been for a task that many people needed to accomplish. You may not need one, but if you do, you might not own one as there are people to hire to use it for you.

Hint 1:

Spoiler Still needed today. [collapse]

Hint 2:

Spoiler Less useful down South. [collapse]

Answer: