Niddy Noddy
- Object Name:
- Niddy Noddy
- Object ID:
- 1969.052.21
- Date:
- 1780
- Description:
- Niddy-Noddy. Wood. Medium-tan hardwood. Central shaft roughly round in cross section near center. Tapers slightly near ends then long transition from round to rectangular. Transition area relatively long. Some decorative tapered coves on edge of rectangular area that transition to straight rectangular cross section with tenon on end. Surface on central shaft, wear marks, but also many smooth, flat planes from tool used to shape it. Central shaft fairly thin. Transition areas not very thick. Cross arms not very thick. A large flat rectangular central area on cross arm. A rectangular cut out on one side. Central shaft fits into this cutout and tenon then goes into mortise in solid part of arm. Wooden pin missing from mortise and tenon point. Top surface of arm rounded. Bottom surface of arm extends upward from shoulder adjacent to central shaft, then arm becomes more rounded near tip. Slight bulbous upturn at tip of small, rounded arm. On opposite side, configuration same except for no bulbous upturn; just rounded. Configuration at opposite end almost exactly same except both ends have slightly bulbous upturn. At this end, shoulder adjacent to central arm broken off and missing on one side. Crack in cross arm on side opposite missing section. Tenon on this end also slightly sunken and flat. Whereas opposite end, flush and finished. Several miscellaneous small holes on this arm near central area. Holes do not go through body.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- W-11.8 L-18.7 inches Weight-3.1 oz
- Provenance:
- Objects and manuscripts from the Nims and Knight families of Roxbury, NH, and the Rugg family of Sullivan, NH, given by a descendant, Helen E. (Mrs. Charles B.) Knight of Marlborough, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Helen E. Knight
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