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Kerchief

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1790

GUSN

GUSN-45322

Description

Brown checked kerchief; homespun; sewn on label says "Homespun Pocket Handkerchief, 1790, Portsmouth, N.H."

Details

Descriptive Terms

kerchiefs
Headcloth
Kerchief
Kerchief

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1951.72

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