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Burnisher

Burnisher, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:
1961.13003.15
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Description

Polishing stone set in a wooden edge tool. The handle is cut into a block "y" shape and the stone is set within the two arms. The stone is flat on top with the bottom overlapping the wooden arm and rounding in a concave line to meet the top of the stone. The handle than goes from rectangular to rounded and a scribe line is visible at the first fully rounded section from the stone. The handle bulges at its center, tapers toward its end, grows outward and finishes as a square. To make it an edge tool the base of the handle is nearly flat, but on one side the wood protrudes outward 10/16".

New York Mount Lebanon

New York Mount Lebanon

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Shaker Museum Burnisher. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=7783. Accessed on April 19, 2024

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Shane Rothe

Curatorial Associate

Shane Rothe (they/them) joined Shaker Museum in July 2023, working with independent curator Maggie Taft on an exhibition for the new museum space in Chatham. Shane is an artist as well as a curator and continues to create in the mediums of painting, sculpture, writing, and performance. Shane holds a BFA from CalArts and an MA in art history and curatorial studies from the University of Chicago.