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
Chest
Object Number:
1951.470
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Pine, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 3/4 x 47 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. ( 52.7 x 121.3 x 56.5 cm )
Description:
Painted chest with rectangular hinged lid with thumbnail molding; front has two painted panels surrounded by applied molding; each panel depicts seated man and woman conversing; panels surrounded by painted scrolling leafage; sides each have panel painted with red flowers and with molded border; applied base molding; four rectangular feet.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chest was acquired near Kingston, New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel and Mrs. Edgar W. Garbisch
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
