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Yardstick

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-3127

Description

A rectangular straight sided shaft of curly maple with inscised lines at 5.5, 9, and 11". Nig finish.

Details

Descriptive Terms

yardsticks
maple (wood)
incising
Maple
Incised
YARDSTICK

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

36 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1627

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