Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Luce Center
Artillery shell, Hotchkiss
Object Number:
X.399
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Iron, lead
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 3 in. ( 17.8 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
stamped: bottom: "HOTCHKISS PATENT OCT. 9 1855/MAY 14 1861"
Description:
Iron artillery shell; conical with lead band aound body; stamped mark at bottom.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
