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Object Name
Peg or Spike
Object Number
2017-11-33
Description
Carved wooden peg or spike. Flat bottom, with slightly rounded sides and squared head. Head protrudes in one direction, and has wear around the top; shaft tapers to a flattened point. In carved letters on shaft, "LBW".
Provenance
"LBW" stands for Lucinda Baldwin Webster, great-grandmother to Art Webster. She married Charles Baldwin Webster, and lived 1830-1871. See accession file for genealogy.
Category
Unclassifiable Artifacts
Date Made
c. 1850
Dimensions
Length 8.5", Width 1.25
Materials
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Peg or Spike