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1881
GUSN-10648
Carved wooden toy with sphere and pyramid enclosed in an open-sided rectangular block; signed by maker named David at solid end.
toys (recreational artifacts)
carving (processes)
gluing
wood (plant material)
Carved
Glued
Wood
TOY
Penned on solid end/bottom: Made by David/ Sept. 1881
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
4 3/4 x 1 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.540
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