Bread stirrer consisting of seven long pieces of wood bound together by a length of cotton. The wood is light in colour and has a number of visible knots. The wooden sticks are long and thin and have possbily been stripped of the bark. There are two lengths of cotton tied together binding the entire length of the sticks. One piece of cotton is white with blue and black dots and the other piece is plain white.
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