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1850-1860
GUSN-8323
Roughly carved wood spoon.
spoons
carving (processes)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Carved
Spoon
Script in pencil in bowl: T%aken from slave brig/brought into Provincetown/July 1860. Abandoned off/Coast of Cuba [three underlines under ""Cuba""]
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
1 3/8 x 1/2 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.662
Title Spoon Accession Number 1991.669
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