What is It? Game 22.

Today's collaboration with What is It? Blog brings us this object: what is it for? (for a close up picture, check out What is It?)

Place your guess in the comment section - please don't post any URL, let others play. You're playing for bragging rights - no t-shirt this week.

[Update 5/25/07: Sorry for the late answer, here it is:

Bill poster's hammer or advertising hammer, the clip near the head holds a tack and the lower clip holds an advertising card, the long handle allows the card to be posted high above normal reach, so it can't be stolen.