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Compass

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1800-1814

GUSN

GUSN-10657

Description

Carved wooden compass with metal point at one end (missing the pencil point).

Details

Descriptive Terms

compasses (drawing instruments)
carving (processes)
wood (plant material)
Unidentified Metal
Carved
Wood
Compass

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 1/2 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.549

Places

Connecticut (United States)

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