Collection Highlights
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ) (1732/40-1836)
Date:
1796
Object Number:
1867.314
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object Number:
1965.162
Date:
1861-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 5.1 x 7 cm )
Description:
Lead glass paperweight with shallow circular punty cut on top and six long, very deeply cut oval punties on sides; aquamarine blue carpet ground of crimped canes around a central cane of white and blue; perimeter of white canes tucking into the center of the base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
