Wooden mallet

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 mallet. The mallet is banded on each side with metal rings. The rings are soldered at the top and held in place with three (3) metal rivets. One of the mallet faces is heavily cracked. The other face is also heavily cracked and also has dozens of rice shaped indentations. The handle shaft is rounded and elongated.

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