May be it means HOA for Height Of Artifact ? etc...
Don't be surprised, I'm no more by anything... :-)
>I have measurements for a key basket given in the Journal of Eaarly Southern
>Decorative Arts as 7 1/2 HOA, 6 1/2 LOA, 4 WOA. In 25 years of doing research
>I have never encountered such measurements. No one here has heard of this
>scheme. Obviously they indicate height, length, and width. Can anyone help
>unravel this mystery? Thanks!
>Lynn Igoe
>Editor, Carolina Population Center
>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>
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Jean-Paul Viaud
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