Make-do dough bowl with pestle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860-1880
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A carved wooden bowl with pestle. The bowl is cracked and has been repaired with a series of metal fasteners. On either end, lip of the bowl extends out into handles. The pestle is a carved rod with large blunt ends.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
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: 2017.108.14.2.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: pestles
label: Type
content: bowls (vessels)
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 , metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Bowl): 6 11/16 × 25 9/16 × 16 1/8 in. (17 × 65 × 41 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Pestle): 29 1/2 × 2 9/16 × 2 9/16 in. (75 × 6.5 × 6.5 cm)