Painted wooden hand mangle consisting of a flat board with a handle at one end on the form of a horse. Carved with rosettes and vegetal scrolling on the upper surface. Painted detailing on red. Date painted next to the handle: '1848', with initials AEDE on the opposite side.
See figures 49-50 and read pages 15-17 in Norway: A Thousand Yers of Native Arts and Crafts By Roar Hauglid for similar patterns.
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