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1840-1860
GUSN-3128
A rectangular section of whalebone with a chamfered molded profile on one side with incised lines filled with black pigment marking the measurements. Marks are incised at 2.25, 4.5, and 18".
yardsticks
chamfering
incising
ink
baleen
Whalebone
Ink
Incised
Chamfered
YARDSTICK
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
36 (H) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1628
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