Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Gavel Made of Wood from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Presented to Independent Order of Odd Fellows Grant Lodge No. 335, Redkey, Indiana
1914
Maker not marked
USA: Tennessee
Wood
overall: 4"h x 1-7/8"w x 9-1/2"d
Museum Purchase
2014.036

Light brown, varnished wood Independent Order of Odd Fellows gavel with carved head. Carved from wood taken from Lookout Mountain in Tennessee. One side of the head has a raised three-link chain symbol with the initials "FLT." Incised around the symbol is "Presented to Grant Lodge No. 335 / by H.W. Swank / Lookout Mtn. April 29 / 1914." The ends of the gavel have a serrated border. Round handle tapers where it is inserted into the head.

For further information, see blog post, September 9, 2014 http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2014/09/new-to-the-collection-odd-fellows-gavel.html