Earth tamper, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1950.979.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Cast iron tamper, tapered half-cylinder with tapered hole through length of tamper. Handle is pine and is broken, tenuously secured with wire wraps.

New York Mount Lebanon

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Shaker Museum Tamper. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=3510. Accessed on September 28, 2024

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