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Busk
Object/Artifact
"Silvery brown baleen busk, straight sides with rounded ends. Top left corner has been off and restored. Carefully etched with a barely visible design of a leafy stalk above a building with a steeple; another stalk at bottom. In between, a diamond shape and a pair of leafy-outline hearts, point-to-point. Border of leafy stem. No ID.13 7/8” x 1 3/4”"
G98.081
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1820 - 1850
User Age: Adult Gender: Female
American
busk
corset
woman
female
baleen busk
baleen
Northeast
North America