Lanyard and Pick
Lanyard and Pick
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- Description
- Physical Description
- Bone carving.
- General History
- Soldiers who were held prisoner faced enormous boredom. They would often find debris and use it to make objects to pass the time.
- Object Name
- lanyard
- associated date
- 1861 - 1865
- Physical Description
- bone (overall material)
- gutta percha (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 8 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 21.59 cm x.635 cm
- ID Number
- AF.69076M
- catalog number
- 69076M
- accession number
- 261780
- Credit Line
- Catherine A. Kibler
- subject
- POWs
- Civil War
- Civil War and Reconstruction
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- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, General
- Military
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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