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Baptismal Font Stand
Southern yellow pine, jig-cut with original paint

Probably Hahire, Georgia, ca. 1875-1900

Purchase with funds from the Decorative
Arts Acquisition Trust, 1982.37

This baptismal font stand was used in south
Georgia in the late nineteenth century. The act of
baptism marks the Christian re-birth of children
and adults.