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Oval band box has flat bottom, straight sides of single piece of wood, bent around bottom, overlapping edge is tacked at two V-shaped projections. Lid is flat also. Side of lid is made same way, one overlapping projection.
boxes (containers)
ash (wood)
tacking
Ash
Tacked
BOX
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
2.75 x 8.125 x 5.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1601AB
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