Wooden pestle
date: label: Date
content: mid 19th-mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A large wooden pestle. The pestle is carved from a single piece of wood. It is club-shaped with a wide, uniformly rounded top with a flat, blunt, striking end. The striking end is chipped around the edges and has some cracking on the striking surface. The pestle narrows sharply at the shoulder into a long, thin handle that widens slightly at the center. The handle has a rounded knob with a flat base.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.23.39
objectType: label: Type
content: pestles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 17 11/16 × 3 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (45 × 9 × 9 cm)