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Object Number 14-15-10/85621
Display Title Shoe horn
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shoe horn, perforated at top, incised BW. may 1743
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Groton
Materials Horn
Dimensions Overall: 21.7 x 4.4 x 6.2 cm (8 9/16 x 1 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85621 / BW. may 1743
Provenance
Owner Ben Walker
Donor Dr. Samuel A. Greene (1892-1896 - 1914)

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