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Swift made of ivory held together with nails and ribbons on a stepped wooden base with a carved eagle finial at the top.
swifts
ivory (tooth component)
wood (plant material)
Winder, Yarn
Swift
Swift
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
Unknown
21 3/8 x 8 1/2 x 8 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.3175
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