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Bangkok Mick:
My guess is that it is used for some type of weaving perhaps for a narrow 7 or 14 strand thick belt and there is another part handheld or otherwise missing.

shipto:
without other views its hard to be sure but I have a theory: the ribbons of whatever are fed into it and the blade is brought down locking in place then some other machine performs some operation which would leave whatever loose and able to fall back but the blade prevents this.
similar to the way a feather board works on a table saw.

Alan Haisley:
A Youtube video of a couple of cycles of the action might help to understand what it is. If you go back to the museum, see if you can make a video to post.


Alan

BillTodd:
Progress: 

It seems to be an egg crate folder/maker (according to ebay :  http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/281819914594?item=281819914594&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466&rmvSB=true )


And here is the type of crate it was used to make (not the exact one but enough to get the drift)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-VINTAGE-PRIMITIVE-WOOD-EGG-CRATE-HAND-MADE-/321892055579


I guess that a  Printer could make a useful and valuable product out of his scrap paper with such a tool :)


JD, When you're next in the museum perhaps you could ask then to insert a strip of card or paper and try it out.

JD:
Gentlemen thanks for all your replies a lot of thinking outside the box (sorry).
Bill great find I will pass your find onto the Museum and give this site and its members a chuck up.
Thanks once again for all your help.
JD

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