Complete wheel. Hub of a hard, ring porous hardwood, sawn spokes likewise but not same as hub, and felloes are weathered beyond identification without damaging wheel to get transverse grain sample. Iron "tire" or rim, ferrule at one hub end, and axle. Hub and spokes originally painted - perhaps gray.
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Shaker Museum Wheel, Vehicle. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=2875. Accessed on September 29, 2024
