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
Flagon
Object Number:
1964.51
Date:
1820-1860
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. ( 35.9 x 24.1 x 18.4 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on base: "[FOGGATT]" in rectangle with small crown above
Description:
Pewter flagon with hinged, stepped, and domed lid; open chair thumbpiece, capped scroll hollow handle with shield on end, tapering columnar vessel with girdle, circular spreading molded foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
