Collection Highlights
Fort Hamilton Polka Redowa
Date:
1852
Object Number:
PR.020.1.1
Medium:
Color Lithograph.
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Costume figurine (in box)
Object Number:
1941.408
Date:
1920-1940
Medium:
Papier-mâché, wood, textile, rattan, paint
Dimensions:
Overall (figurine): 11 5/8 x 5 x 3 in. (29.5 x 12.7 x 7.6 cm)
Description:
Molded papier-mâché figurine of Chinese peasant holding fish; blue shirt and pants with rattan necklace and belt with strands of rattan hanging from them; yellow cardboard hat; brown cardboard box.
Gallery Label:
Accession records indicate that this figurine came from China. The box is also stamped "MADE IN CHINA", and a pencilled inscription reads "FISHERMAN DOLL/L.C. EVANS".
Credit Line:
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
