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Froe

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-3362

Description

Short tapered, shaved handle attached to an iron blade by an iron ring.

Details

Descriptive Terms

froes
wood (plant material)
iron (metal)
Wood
Iron
Froe

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

23 x 16 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1146

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