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Boot Hook

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1880-1914

GUSN

GUSN-72840

Description

Turned shaft with hook; maid-doll handle; child's?

Details

Descriptive Terms

boot hooks
accessories
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
white metal
Unidentified Metal
Turned
Painted
HOOK, BOOT

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8.375 x 0.875 (HxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.4613

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