Wooden Potato Masher

Object/Artifact

The Great Bend Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

1973.03.06

Description

It has an elongated bell-shape with a curve in the handle and a knob on the end. The entire object is made of wood and has a flat base. The label states, "Potato masher" used by our mother Mary Belle Pilchard as early as 1900. From a letter 1973 at museum."

Acquisition

Accession

1973.03

Source or Donor

Gilford Pilchard, Lloyd Pilchard, Clayton Pilchard

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Masher, Potato

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Masher

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Food Preparation Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials