Name/Title
Wood FragmentEntry/Object ID
1993.023.019Description
Handle 37 1/2 inches long inserted into a cylinder of wood 12 3/4 inches long and 4 1/2 inches in diameter. The bottom of the cylinder has 4 U-shaped cut-outs 1 inch wide and 1 3/4 inches long, each at right angles to its neighbor. The wood at the bottom is very worn and the whole cylinder shows evidence of water damage, being somewhat porous in appearance and stained and having long, deep vertical cracks. Possible use may have been as a plunger to squeeze and move clothes in a primitive washing machine.