Wooden pestle

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

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