Gavel
- Object Name:
- Gavel
- Object ID:
- 1995.528.16
- Description:
- Gavel, wood with bone. Turned wooden gavel. Handle is medium-brown hardwood and head is turned and made of possibly cedar with light and dark bands in it. Head is roughly barrel-shaped with concave groove in center. At one end of head is inlaid dark circle of wood with inlaid triangle inside it. At other end is an inlaid dark circle of wood with light square in it. Two incised circles on either end of head. On side opposite handle is inlaid circle in bottom of groove and are two slightly lighter triangles adjacent to circle. On side of head above and below circle are two dark inlaid triangles. To side of one triangle is an inlaid square of wood of similar color to head that appears to be a repaired area.
- Material:
- Wood
Skeletal - Dimensions:
- H-3.3 L-9.6 Dia-1.55 inches
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