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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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Eagle plaques (2)
Object Number:
1952.75a
Date:
ca. 1855
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (14.6 × 19.1 cm)
Marks:
cast: on obverse in relief: "VALENTINE & BUTLER/MARCH 2TH/1855/ALUM. PATENT" on both
Description:
One of two matching plaques, each with eagle-craned neck, spread wings, head in profile, over plaques with raised inscription cast in relief brass.
Gallery Label:
These plaques were probably used as decorations on a safe.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Maude Eunice Willand
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
