Wooden trunk from the Jones-Hall-Sims House

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A lidded wooden trunk from the Jones-Hall-Sims House. The trunk is made from wide wooden planks nailed together at the corners. The truck had a hinged lid. The hinge is formed by narrow wooden bars nailed to the underside of the lid at each short end and a longer bar nailed to the top back edge of the trunk. The long bar on the back has protruding dowels at the ends, and the bars on the lid have an integrated hole on the back end through which the dowel ends are threaded. The lid secures with a metal chain clasp attached at the lid's center front. The clasp is made from a short metal chain that has a bell shaped loop at its end. The loop fits over a metal ring nailed to the top center of the front of the trunk.

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