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Confederate lanyard and toothpick
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James Allen Kibler (Muhlenberger Rifles, C.S.A.)
carved this lanyard and toothpick while a prisoner
of war at Fort Delaware. Both items are carved from
bone; the black rings of the lanyard are made from
gutta-percha. Prisoners on both sides often carved
items, sometimes for profit, to while away the long
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Division of the History of Technology, Armed Forces
History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution
Behring Center
Gift of Catherine A. Kibler
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