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1800-1820
GUSN-37719
Fur trunk. Hide and fur over unpainted wood, locks composed of various metals, brass nailheads. Interior lined with paper. Trunk lid embellished with brass nailheads on left and right side and cental oval that frames the initials "S.F.M." for Samuel Foster McLeary. Rows of brass nailheads form a triangle below case lock, and brass nailheads upper edge of case and left and right sides.
trunks (containers)
case furniture
brass (alloy)
hide (collagenous material)
iron (metal)
wood (plant material)
Trunk
Torah
Hide
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Trunk
In exhibition "Yankee Remix" at Mass Mus of Contemporary Art, May 2003-April 2004.
Siders, Josiah (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
Gift of Miss Helen McCleary
1935.288
Massachusetts (United States)
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