Red is correct. Technically, it is a diverter stem, not a faucet stem. The diverter stem is about 2.5x longer and takes water from 2 sources and flows them into one, or vice versa (as in going to two shower heads).

Damn Herbie, you saying my offerings aren't challenging?!! Pfft!

That looks like a tool used to turn a cap or some such.

It is a tool used to turn a very specific some such.

It was not a chastity belt....it was a lineman's climbing irons.

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This is what I thought of first (drain wrench), but the "pegs" on yours seem to be on the inside instead of outside. Is it a plumber's tool?