Wooden sphere, turned form lignum vitae, probably bowling game balls.
balls (object genres)
lignum vitae (wood)
turning (shaping process)
Lignum Vitae
Turned
BALL, BOWLING
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
14 (H) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.615
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