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Mitten Stretcher

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

GUSN

GUSN-3170

Description

Wooden mitten stretcher/mender/dryer, of a large man's size; made of pine with a movable thumb; a dark finish and a metal loop hook at the bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

accessories
iron (metal)
pine (wood)
Pine
Iron
STRETCHER,MITTEN

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1422

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