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Roughly-carved wood spoon. Thinly carved handle.
spoons
carving (processes)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Carved
Treen
Spoon
Pencil in script on concave surface: Taken from Slave Brig/brought into Provincetown/July 1860 - Abandoned/off Coast of/Cuba [""Cuba"" double underlined.]
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
1 1/2 x 1/5 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.669
Title Spoon Accession Number 1992.662
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