Rice tester

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 metal rice tester with a wooden handle. The rice tester has an elongated blade with semicircular edges and a rounded, sharp edge at the tip. It has a plain wooden handle that tapers slightly outwards from the blade to the back of the handle. The tool has a ferrule, a metal band which encircles the point where the socket is embedded into the handle and holds the blade in place.

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