Bat

Linen clothing and other textiles were laundered after weaving and after use. Depictions of laundrymen at work show that the items being washed were treated to violent beating and mangling by twisting. This is a rare example of a laundry bat, a flat wooden implement used to beat the linen during washing.
bat for beating flax or for laundry UC 63458
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