 | Huge Hand-carved Burl Bowl
Immense, hanD-carved elliptical wooden bowl with cut-out handles in ends which rise slightly; old cast lead patch fills void in burl; relatively thin walls and bottom (roughly 3/4") especially for size of bowl; transverse lines on top edge may be result of scoring with an axe or may be saw marks;... |
 | Ash Burl Tray with Cut-out Handles
Shallow, hand-carved, elliptical ash burl tray with castellated ends and cut out handles; well-made and smoothly finished inside and out though somewhat asymmetrical; little evidence of axe marks. Interior relatively unscarred indicating tray was not heavily used for chopping; may suggest primary... |
 | Large Hand-carved Elliptical Chopping Tray
Large elliptical ash burl tray with two castellated cutout end handles; hand-carved from green wood; carefully made and finished although decidedly asymmetrical; much thicker at base than at rim. Smoothly finished inside and out; faceting from axe cuts barely visible on exterior. Interior severely... |
 | Effigy Bowl
Effigy bowl, ash burl, hand carved; single castellation with stepped sides and an effigy of a frog; sidewalls are quite thin at rim and thicken to about 1/2" at the bottom; some nodules of the burl are evident on exterior; moderately scarred from use as a cutting/chopping bowl; nails in bottom are... |
 | Bowl/Tray with Two Castellations
Medium sized, elliptical, hand carved bowl/tray made from a burl of unidentified species. Two castellations without carved hand holes; carefully carved and finished; sides thin near rim, thicker at base. Interior extensively scarred from use as chopping bowl/tray. |
 | Hand-carved Burl Bowl
Large, hand-carved elliptical bowl or chopping tray with raised castellations and rectangular cutout end handles; very well made; very symmetrical with walls of uniform thickness; smoothly finished inside and out; no visible facets left by roughing out with an axe and adze; interior moderately... |
 | Elliptical ash burl tray
Large, hand carved roughly elliptical, "spoon-shaped," shallow ash burl tray, originally with a single castellated cutout handle that has been broken off. Bottom is rounded without a well-defined foot. Well-made and carefully finished. Bowl is quite shallow and thin. Interior is only moderately... |
 | Large Corn Mortar
Large cylindrical corn mortar made from a log hollowed out at one end. Deep cavity is bowl-shaped at bottom. Exterior has not been worked except to remove the bark, and retains the original cylindrical shape of the log. Used for grinding small quantities of corn and other grains.
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 | Mohegan/Pequot/Niantic Herbal Mortar
Small mortar with sharply defined groove between body and pedestal of vessel; one integral handle is carved to connect the two parts; pedestal and lower body carved with wide scallops. Interior cavity narrows toward the bottom. This form with integral handle and scalloped decoration is typical of... |
 | Corn Mortar, possibly Nipmuck
Large corn mortar made from a log hollowed out at the top and carved into a pedestal shape at the base; integral handles on the sides connecting the body and the base. Cavity, hollowed into the end grain of the log, narrows at the bottom. Wood at bottom of cavity is blackened caused by initially... |
 | Corn Mortar-Log Form
Large corn mortar of cylindrical shape made from a log hollowed out at one end; interior shows evidence of charring. Raised ridge about 3" from center of cavity, resulting either from concentrated wear in center of cavity or from incomplete hollowing when originally made. Exterior has not been...
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