Squat spherical head w/ inlaid ivory mounts and carved geometric designs. Neck w/ like decorated circular ring on spool turned supports. Long tapered handle w/ black-painted ring decoration.
stirrers
cookware
carving (processes)
ivory (tooth component)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Vegetable Ivory
Turned
Carved
STIRRER ?
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
11.625 x 2.25 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.371
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