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Chicken cage handle

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Date

1880-1920

GUSN

GUSN-20281

Description

Chicken band; cylindrical wooden piece w/ brass wire through center; wire bent upwards at ends like a flexed arm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

handles
brass (alloy)
wood (plant material)
Brass
WOOD, WORKED

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5.25 x 1.5 (HxW), 0.625 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.3441

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