Antique Primitive Laundry Fork with Pyrography Decoration panel Believed to have shape-shifting qualities

Believed to have shape-shifting qualities and called upon in ritual in order to clarify visions

some wear of paint along the edges of the lid and base where they meet

it could be used as a serving bowl or as a vase

While we did not have cows to milk on the veggie farm where I lived and worked

Antique Primitive Laundry Fork with Pyrography Decoration panel Believed to have shape-shifting qualitiesI personally had no real idea what it was when I found this piece, but now it makes perfect sense this would be the right tool for stirring and lifting clothes from washtubs. What I find especially intruiging about it are the cartoonish pyrograph designs, including spotted dog, Indian head, and flowers and vines, as well as two sets of initials, HJG and HJP. Ive learned that in the late 19th and early 20th century women especially were encouraged to