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Cornhusking Peg

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-10655

Description

Wooden cornhusking peg with a pointed end with black folded leather strap; there are traces of black paint by the leather strap

Details

Descriptive Terms

carving (processes)
leather
wood (plant material)
Leather
Carved
Wood
Cornhusker, Hand

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 x 2 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.547

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