Pestle
- Object Name:
- Pestle
- Object ID:
- 1978.079.47 b
- Description:
- Pestle, turned-wood. Medium tan, fine-grained hardwood. Body is slightly tapered to bottom end and has abrasions on sides to make it slightly concave. Wood has shrunk so the body is slightly oval in cross-section. Above bottom is a turned groove and then a straight tapered handle to a short mushroom cap end. Top of handle is roughly finished. Paper tag tied around groove of artifact with written in black ink: "James C. Sawyer Collection / Durham, N.H. / #4 Pestle Mortar / for herbs / T500".
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- L-8.4 Dia-2.1 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection assembled by James Cowan Sawyer (1872-1944) in Durham, NH. Donated by his sons, Charles H. and George F. Sawyer.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles H. and George F. Sawyer
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