1840-1880
GUSN-10654
Wooden nautical block or pulley (probably mahogany) with dark leather covering the cord/rope, deep chestnut brown wood.
pulley blocks
cord (fiber product)
leather
mahogany (wood)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Leather
Cord
Pulley
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
4 1/2 (H) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.546
Probably Massachusetts (United States)
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