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Masonic Baton used at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Central Park obelisk

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Masonic Baton used at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Central Park obelisk, Ivory, amethyst, brass

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Masonic Baton used at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Central Park obelisk; Obelisk Baton, 1880, Metal (brass-composite); ivory; stone (amethyst); coating, L: 57.6 W: 2.9 cm., Chancellor Robert R Livingston Masonic Library of Grand Lodge, New York, R54-2