Object Name
Mold, Casting
Materials
Wood
Catalogue Number
2006.002.053
Dimensions

a- Length: 62.6 cm x Width: 18.0 cm x Height: 6.5 cm
b- Length: 62.6 cm x Width: 18.0 cm x Height: 6.5 cm

Description

A wooden mold in a cylinder shape made of four distinct sections. There is a rectangular shape on one end, then a medium sized cylinder, then a larger cylinder, and then a narrow cylinder at the other end. The mold splits into two-pieces. a- A piece of the wooden mold. It has one flat inner face, and a rounded outer side. It is varnished in two shades, a lighter and a darker. The lighter is on the outside, and the darker is on part of the inside face. There are three holes drilled into the surface of the inside face, and one of those holes has been fitted with a dowel so the two pieces can attach together.The dowel is made of an unfinished wood. The hole opposite to the one with the dowel goes all the way through the artifact. b- A piece of the wooden mold. It has one flat inner face, and a rounded outer side. It is varnished in two shades, a lighter and a darker. The lighter is on the outside, and the darker is on part of the inside face. There are three holes drilled into the surface of the inside face.