Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Date:
1916-1922
Object Number:
1954.164
Medium:
Painted plaster
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Iroquois Mythological Giant Hunter Holding Weapons, with a Deer and Bear under His Belt
Object Number:
X.519[dup]
Date:
c. 1827
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and brown gouache over graphite on beige paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/4 x 11 7/8 in. (38.7 x 30.2 cm)
Marks:
Inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No. 1."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No. 1."
Description:
Iroquois folkart termed 'picture writing'
Bibliography:
Related to Cusick's 1827 booklet: David Cusick's Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations (Tuscarora Village : Lewiston, Niagara, co. 1828, c1826; Lockport, N. Y. : Conley & Lathrop, printers)
Kasprycki, Sylvia S., and Feest, Christian, trans. "On the Trails of the Iroquois." Berlin: Nicolai, 2013.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lansing Thurber
Provenance:
John Beechtree, Oneida Castle,N.Y., 1845; Lansing Thurber, Utica, N.Y., 1845-49
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
