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Grain riddle ?

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Collection Type

  • Agricultural equipment

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-25536

Description

Rectangular form w/ roughly hewn legs canted out. Pegged into body. Plank frame enclosing a slatted bottom. Two shaped removable sides.

Details

Descriptive Terms

riddles (culinary tools)
wood (plant material)
RIDDLE, GRAIN

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

26 x 64 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.50

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