Intricately carved feather pattern (paisley), edged with tiny leaf-like design, on roughly cut base; two-piece handle attached by two nails.
stamps (tools)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
paisley
Wood
Carved
Painted
Paisley
Stamp
Carved on top: ""INDIA"".
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
2 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 6 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.243
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