Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Souvenir |
Accession number |
136 |
Catalog Number |
136 |
Date |
1895 |
Dimensions |
H-1.5 W-2 L-3.4 inches |
Collection |
Souvenirs |
Place of Origin |
Alaska |
Description |
Seashell with the Masonic Symbols of compass, square and "G" carved on the top surface of the shell. This shell was found at an Indian Trading post in Alaska about 1895, located at the extreme north end of the coast near Point Barrow, by a Master Mason, Bion A. Churchill, a member of a Lodge in Boston. |
Caption |
Sea Shell |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Credit line |
Gift of Bion A. Churchill |