Wood

Name/Title

Wood

Entry/Object ID

1993.023.023

Description

Specimen from Lignum Vitae tree. Reddish-brown wood fragment, 4 1/2 inches long and of varying diameters. It is sawed on one side and both ends. The rest is roughly hewed and gouged. This wood is extremely hard and difficult to cut. PERSONAL ASSOCIATIONS: This wood belonged to his grandfather, Captain James Calvin Scott.