Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Mortar and pestle
Object Number:
1941.1115ab
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Part (mortar): 5 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (14.9 x 19.1 cm)
Part (pestle): 3 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (8.9 x 23.5 cm)
Description:
Turned wooden mortar with ovoid bowl and square-domed foot; three incised lines around body and one around base; turned wooden pestle; cylindrical grinder; cylindical handle.
Gallery Label:
This mortar and pestle was found in Goshen, New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
