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Experimental boat

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Collection Type

  • Transportation

Date

1850-1870

GUSN

GUSN-23136

Description

Green/orange painted wooden fragments including round wooden drum (l) w/ check fabric sides; 2 tin drums w/ ridges (m,n); 4 large wooden wheels (p,o,r,q); flat circular pieces (a,b,h); shallow boat-shaped pieces (f,k)(footrests?); diamond shaped hollow pieces (e,i,j, and one not numbered). See worksheet for sizes of all pieces.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boats
tin (metal)
wood (plant material)
Tin
BOAT

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2879A-S

Places

South Carolina (United States)
Maine (United States)

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