Guess what this is

[Crimsonthread]

And it's Fern, FTW!

[Fern]

My first thought was a fish-drying tool... but it seemed so unlikely...
just like my other idea, the oyster-dripping device...
Third guess: sushi roller.

Edit: oh my, it is!

http://www.pixelydixel.com/2005/09/sushi-roller.html

[Crimsonthread]

Ok, to update:

Yes to non-vegetarian dishes, but it'd be fine for pescatarians.

I'm not 100% sure on the size, but it definitely wouldn't fit in the palm of your hand.

@Fern's picture...

[Fern]

I think shooter is right with the thing being small... the wood pieces make it look palm-size.

[RC-10M]

I have to agree with ahra here, i believe it has something to do with cloth... drying laundry perhaps?

[Fern]

[shootermagavin]

definately nothing I've seen in the kitchen before, that stuff its pulling through seems more delicate than even tissue paper. hmmmm, this is a good one.. even google isn''t helping....

i'm thinking it's real small for some reason??????????????

[ahra]

is it perhaps used to stretch and shape leather?

i think it has to do with sewing, but i'm sure i'm wrong.

[Fern]

The hint makes me think of some weird kitchen appliance to prepare non-vegetarian dishes.
Or an eco-friendly bug trap.

[donaud]

A golfing gadget ? Or de-linter of some kind ?

[Crimsonthread]

Nope, no live animals involved.

[funja]

Maybe it's just an Eco friendly hamster wheel

[RBS]

There is no motor that I can see so thinking hamster powered.

I can't imagine any practical use for a dryer sheet going around two spools.

[Crimsonthread]

New one to keep us going:

[Fern]

Call me a simpleton but I still don't get how does the thingie exactly work. And its function was... erm... to look at it?
I couldn't guess it in millennia.