Box, Ballot
- Object Name:
- Box, Ballot
- Object ID:
- 1972.516.04
- Description:
- Ballot box. Wooden box, almost square, with inlaid star and diamond design on top. Mushroom-like form of darker wood in center of top in which to drop the ballot "balls". Two brass rings on either side that fold out. Star inlay on both sides. Two drawers in front with keyholes, lower one containing 44 white wooden balls and 45 black wooden balls.
- Material:
- Wood
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-6.75 W-6.8 D-6.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Paper inside reads, "Ancient ballot box, voter was given two balls, brown (white) and black. Brown was to elect. Hence the term 'black-ball' which meant not to elect."
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Ballot boxes, Boxes
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