February 12 - December 31, 2016 - This exhibition of the artifact was originally a splitting maul used by Lincoln to drive iron wedges into logs creating split-rails for fencing. The maul head, made from a tree root-ball, eventually split in half. Rather than discard the tool, Lincoln repurposed it into a bench mallet he used to drive pegs into furniture and other fixtures. Lincoln discarded the original long handle and relocated a shorter grip into the remaining portion of the maul to create a mallet.
Dates:February 12, 2016 10:00 am to December 31, 2016 05:00 pm
Address:650 West Washington St. , Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, United States
Phone:317.232.1637
Contact:Indiana State Museum
Website:http://www.indianamuseum.org/lincolns-mallet