Slide-lid box with sides and lid of pigmented figure sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) and nailed on bottom of basswod (Tilia americana). Sides are butted and nailed. Painted red. Originally contained assorted hardware including insulated staples, straight pins, flat-head wood screws, decorative head brass tacks, thumb tacks, iron tacks, large bent copper tacks, etc. catalogued separately as 1959.10900.2.
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Shaker Museum Box. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=3884. Accessed on November 28, 2024
