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Shaker Two-Fingered Oval Box with Lid
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Title
Shaker
Two-Fingered
Oval
Box
with
Lid
Subject
Religion in Ohio
Daily Life
Shaker boxes
Woodworking
Place
North Union (Ohio)
Shaker Heights (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description
This
oval
two-fingered
box
is
believed
to have been
made
by
James
S
.
Prescott
, an
elder
of the
North
Union
Shaker
community
.
It
measures
3.38
"
x
8.25
"
x
12
"
(8.59
x
20.96
x
30.48
cm)
.
Inside
the
lid
of the
box
is
an
inscription
written
in
pencil
: "A
present
to
Eldress
Arabella
[Shepherd]
from the
first
order
,
New
Lebanon
1860
. With
much
gospel
love
and
affection
,
J
.
S
.
P
.
[James
S
.
Prescott].
"
Brother
James
Prescott
joined
the
North
Union
community
in the
1820s
and
lived
there
until
his
death
in
1888
. The
oval
two-fingered
box
was a
specialty
of the
Shakers
, a
communal
sect
that
practiced
celibacy
and
public
confession
of
sins
and
believed
in
equality
of
all
people
.
Craftsmen
in
all
Shaker
communities
produced
boxes
in
various
sizes
for
storage
. This
one
may
have been
used
to
store
sewing
items
.
It
is
typical
of the
style
, with a
pine
top
and
bottom
and
maple
sides
.
Construction
of the
oval
two-fingered
boxes
required
a
series
of
intricate
steps
,
including
steaming
the
wood
to
make
it
pliable
. The "
fingers
"
which
allowed
the
wood
to
expand
and
contract
without
cracking
, were then
nailed
in
place
.
Creator
Prescott, James S.
Date of Original
1860
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
947
Submitting Institution
Shaker Historical Society
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om155_910200_001.tif
Image Height
966
Image Width
3215
File Size
1176.642 KB
Format
picture
;
objects
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