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Canteens

Date1700s
Dimensions22.84 × 20.31 cm (9 × 8 in.)
MarkingsInitials "A.C.B." cut in one end.
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberH0334
DescriptionCanteen (rundlet), varnished wood. Cork in hole. Barrel-shaped, slightly compressed into an oval-shape. Used by farm hands for carrying the day's portion of rum into the fields.