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Three whittled wood chain links- 2 are attached to hooks, and 1 is attached to a swivel. Each is carved from one piece of wood. Two hooks date to 1834. They are of a medium brown color and lightweight wood (possibly stained or colored balsa).
carvings (visual works)
carving (processes)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Carved
Chain
Incised into the wood on the hooks is: 1834 .
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
21 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1157
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