Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bobbin
Object Number:
Z.1564.12
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 × 1/2 × 1/2 in. (14 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm)
Description:
One of a group of twenty wooden handmade bobbins of various shapes and sizes. Has chip-carved, diamond-patterned shaft.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
