- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Clothes beater. [MOBB [OPS move] 9/1/2017]
- Long description
- Clothes beater. Mangle carved from a single piece of wood. Rectangular block shaped beating end with narrower handle with two flat sides and two rounded sides. [MOBB [OPS move] 9/1/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1897
- Date collected
- By 1897
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1897
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Width: max 67 mm, Height: max 32 mm, Length: max 343 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1897.23.2
- Research and responses
Mentone is also known as Grimaldi. [CW 11/11/99]
Joseph John Tylor is the nephew of Edward Burnett Tylor. [CF 3/5/2001]
Search terms: Tool, Clothing, Textile, Beater, Laundry Accessory
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