Wooden pole w/ rope banding. Pole has a turned tip and is thin at the handle w/ a wider base. A gray/blue rope is wound around the bat's handle and five nails have been nailed into the bat above the rope.
bats (game equipment)
wood (plant material)
BAT, BASEBALL
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
2.375 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.1906
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