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Masonic apron
Date:
1780-1800
Object Number:
1951.523ab
Medium:
Silk, metal

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Powder Horn: Apache Indian, with Bullet Pouch and Strap (I-18), with a Printed Vignette Portrait of Warrior 'Striker'

Object Number: 
1907.36.402
Artist/Maker:
Rufus Alexander Grider
Date: 
1890
Medium: 
Brown ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, black ink and wash, collage, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 15 1/16 x 12 3/4 in. ( 38.3 x 32.4 cm )
Marks: 
inscriptions: Signed center: Rufus A. Grider/ Canajoharie N.Y./ Dec. 30 1890
Inscriptions: 
Signed and inscribed at lower center in gray ink: "Rufus A. Grider / of Canajoharie / Dec. 30. 1890."; inscribed at lower right below vignette: "An APACHE / POWDER HORN and STRAP...", followed by brief history of the horn
Description: 
Military
Credit Line: 
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group