Mangle board made of wood, consisting of a flat board with a raised handle at one end in the shape of an animal with a broad snout, perhaps a pig or boar. Towards the opposite end is a second handle, spherical and covered with carved vegetal forms. Decorated on the upper surface with deeply carved floral and foliate designs.
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