Rural Life Museum: What’s That Thing A Ma Jig


	Baton Rouge, Louisiana \|

WHAT'S THAT THING A MA JIG?

We have an interesting artifact here at the Rural Life Museum called a wine corker. It was used to compress a new cork into a wine bottle. It is a wooden cylindrical object with a half cut-out top and hollowed out upper interior. A wooden plunger penetrates the upper interior through the bottom interior. The bottom interior has a tapered hole that is lined with tin. There are some decorative cuts and groves on the body and a leather washer separating the plunger from the main body of the item. There is a round channel at the base of the body like a cup. There is a very light stamp saying “Made in Germany” at the top.

Rural Life Museum
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

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