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1800-1850
GUSN-3265
An unpainted wooden coffin without a lid; nail construction at shoulder angle, corf-cut and held with wedges.
coffins
butternut (wood)
nailing
Butternut
Nailed
COFFIN
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.1049
Unknown
72 x 18.5 x 13.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1049.1
Title Trestles Accession Number 1991.1049.2
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