Collection Highlights
Thoughts on African Colonization
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.E448.G24.1832
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fragment- nutcracker
Object Number:
Z.2880
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. ( 13.7 x 3.8 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Wooden head of a man in a tricorn hat mounted on a rectangular post with decorative carving; the post is pierced with a rectangular hole with a screw throught it; the jaw of the man, which would have been the hinged part of the nut cracker, is missing.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
