Washboard

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 rectangular wooden washboard with metal scrubbing rods. The top of the washboard has green paint on parts of it and a large crack running diagonally across it. A knothole is on the right side. The twenty-five (25) scrubbing rods are attached to the washboard by u-nails. The main panel of the washboard has two thin side frames of wood nailed to it and a wider piece of wood nailed to the top side that serves as a handle.

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