Tinsmith's mallet, Canterbury, NH

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Object ID:

1950.3892.1

Community:

New Hampshire, Canterbury

Makers

Shaker

Description

Mallet with a turned hickory head into which a turned maple handle is through tenoned (unwedged). The mallet head is not centered, possibly because one face of the mallet has been sawn off. Also some detail at the handle end has been crudely sawn off.

New Hampshire Canterbury

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