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Culture:American
Title:barrel
Date Made:ca. 1737
Type:Food Processing; Container
Materials:wood: sycamore
Place Made:United States; New England
Measurements:overall: 31 x 21 1/8 in.; 78.74 x 53.6575 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2001.56.2
Credit Line:Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Vanderbilt Fund for Curatorial Acquisitions
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Wooden barrel made from the trunk of a tree, carved "1737/ 147" and twice branded "DI." Multipurpose barrels such as these, made to store a variety of bulk dry commodities, were in common use throughout New England from the early 17th to the late 19th centuries. This is the earliest known dated example.

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