Mallet

Mallet, Center Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:
1950.779.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Description

A large turned mallet of a dense, diffuse porous wood, possibly eastern hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), drilled through the center for a cylindrical turned handle, probably ash.

Notes

It is believed to have been used to crush herbs for medicinal extracts.

New York Mount Lebanon Center Family

New York Mount Lebanon Center Family

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