18th Century Small Bronze Swivel Yoke

[dana_w]

Originally Posted by fernando

A tholepin; that was my first guess ... but i hesitated after the gun yoke approach

If it is a tholepin it REALLY doesn't belong here.

[fernando]

Originally Posted by dana_w

If it is a tholepin it REALLY doesn't belong here.

Let it not be a REAL problem; nobody is gonna beat you for that
The tholepin was only another suggestion; but it doesn't have to be the correct answer.
Not due to its dimensions (it could belong in a small auxiliary rowing boat), but both tholepins and gun yokes are usually secured on the gunwales by means of a spike/rod introduced in a hole and not by (short) screw thread ends.
... so i humbly realize

[dana_w]

Originally Posted by fernando

...both tholepins and gun yokes are usually secured on the gunwales by means of a spike/rod introduced in a hole and not by (short) screw thread ends.

I was guessing that this Yoke screwed into another rod or post of some type, not directly into the gunwale.