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007 busk
Identification number: 007
Object: Corset busk
Material: Whale skeletal bone
Artist: unknown
Date: c1837
Basis Protection Paper
Length: 12 1/4" 31 cm
Width: 1 1/2" 3.8 cm
Thickness: 1/16" 2 mm
Pigment: Black, red
Tool used: knife

Design description: - Face Top to bottom: heart with star; eagle with shield; tall monument with man on top, WA---on bottom of monument; urn with flowers.
Verso: marked with red crayon $8.--
Condition: Dirty, spot of blue ink on bottom Cleaned 10 May 1999
Other notes: Top shaped with two arcs, which form tops of heart design; bottom rounded to half circle
Location: Box 1
Cataloged by Judith N. Lund - Date: 29 March 1999

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