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Anchor
Part of Stock of Anchor of U. S. Congress Frigate, rectangular piece of wood consisting of many holes. Burnt by CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack, and persistently mid-identified by that name or as "Merrimac") off Newport News 3-8-1862. Wood was…
Banjo
Banjo belonged to Emory F. Church. Head is split, strings and tuning pegs missing.
Tags: Communication, History, Music, Wood
Light Bulb
Pear-shaped tipped bulb, opaque glass stem. Squirted cellulose carbon filament looped twice. Wooden socket base, flat bottomed. Two black button controls with screw cap to attach live wires. Labeled "Replica of original Westinghouse Stopper Lamp used…
Light Bulb
Small tube-shaped tipless bulb, glass stem. Tungsten filament looped twice. Lead metal clips holding tube to reddish wood base.
Plane
No handle. Fore-end stamped "E. Shields". Other end stamped " D. Mollock and Son, Perth. J. Dobie, 205 Argyle St., Warranted".
Tags: History, Tools and Equipment, Wood
Sword
Knuckle-bow and shell are of one piece with a down-turned quillon. Pommel is separate from knuckle-bow. Grip is made of wood. A fuller extends the full length of the blade and the blade has a false edge.
Tags: Armaments, Edged Weapons, History, Metal, Science and Technology, Wood
Goggles, Snow
Curved wooden goggles made from spruce. Thin slit to see through with slight "bill" type sunshield. Evidence of black and red paint. Purchased in 1930 by U.S. Geodetic Survey.
Tags: Alaska, Black, Clothing, History, Inuit, North America, Personal Objects, Red, Snow, United States, Wood
Album, Woodblock Prints
Album bound in heavy brown paper with a wooden spine. The binding exhibits a star-motif.
The album holds 48 pages of woodblock prints. Most of the prints are attributed to one of the late great print masters of the Edo period (1603-1868), Utagawa…
The album holds 48 pages of woodblock prints. Most of the prints are attributed to one of the late great print masters of the Edo period (1603-1868), Utagawa…
Figurine, Armadillo
Ironwood. The armadillo has a large body, a long, slender pointed tail and 4 feet. The head and "shoulders" have small markings to indicate soft body parts. The ears are large and smooth. The body is smooth with deep regularly placed cuts to…
Tags: 20th Century, Animals, Art, Brown, Communication, Ethnology, History, Imagery, Mammals, Mexico, North America, Plants, Sculpture, Tourism, Wood
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Dinosaur
Includes the 1st phalanx of 3rd metatarsal of right hind foot.