This wooden utensil is a pounding tool or pot stirrer. The metal loop was used for hanging on a hook of some kind. This utensil could have been used in a contemporary American style kitchen or in a traditional cookhouse. This most likely came from an Osage cookhouse.

Tags: used, Worn, wood, pounding tool, pot stirrer, metal loop, utensil
People: Native American
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology