Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918
Date:
1918
Object Number:
1984.68
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Canteen
Object Number:
Z.406
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, iron, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 9 x 8 in. ( 22.9 x 22.9 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Barrel-shaped canteen composed of wooden staves held in place with two iron hoops; decanting hole on one side below remnants of a leather handle.
Gallery Label:
This was possibly a harvester's field canteen.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
