What is it ??

[Ron Evers]

Mail box.

 

[Borad]

I'm using a small existing photo that I took. I'll enlarge it bit by bit if hints are needed.

 

[BillM]

a birdcage ?

Edit:
It would have been a good guess if I wasn't 2 pages behind and guessing at a different picture, it's been a really long day

 

[sm4him]

I can't see that very well--any chance you could post a larger image?

At any rate, complete stabs in the dark:
a floor mat?
a dish drainer mat?

 

[Borad]

How about:

 

[sm4him]

^MUCH better, thanks!

Doesn't really help me guess what it is, though.
Err...how about a carving platter? Don't know why that would have lines going in opposite directions on the opposing sides, but I got nothing else.

 

[Borad]

Wow, that was fast. A carving platter, with lines to help slice at the recommended angle. Not it though.

Here's a wee bit more:

 

[sm4him]

A stool?
<"why on EARTH would a stool have slits in it?" she asks herself, and yet she posts the guess anyway>

 

[Borad]

Classic Native American design. The Buffalo Stool, invented by the first American Indian to get a patent. Nope.

 

[dannylightning]

a wooden shield lol....

 

[Borad]

Not a shield. Small hint: it's made of plywood.

 

[dannylightning]

Well I am gonna take one more stab at it. that might be the tail of a skateboard. not sue why a skate board would have lines in it like that. but the part of the picture I see looks like the right shape to be a skate board tail and almost looks like the wood might possibly be curved but that might just be a illusion. plus its all scraped up and chipped like a skateboard often gets.

 

[snowbear]

Borad: I don't have any idea, other than some of the things already guessed.

Here's the full hydrant.

 

[Borad]

It is curved but not a skateboard. The part you can see is probably thinner than a skateboard. Another part is probably thicker.

 

[Borad]