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1956.1058.4
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Handmade wooden kitchen mallet, ca. 1860

This mallet was made from the limb of an apple tree that was on the Foster family farm, an early white settlement.
ID Number: 1956.1058.4
Date: Circa 1860
Physical Description: 1 Maul, Meat; wood; 13.5 in.H x 6.25 in.W x 2.5 in.D
Credit: MOHAI, 1956.1058.4
Subjects: European American Settlement, Agriculture and Farms

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