Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Eskimo, with Bullet Pouch and Cap Box (I-17), with a Vignette Portrait of an Alaskan Indian
Object Number:
1907.36.401
Date:
1890
Medium:
Brown ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, black ink and wash, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper laid on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. ( 27.3 x 36.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed lower center: Rufus A. Grider/ Dec 31 1890
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink wash: "Rufus A. Grider / Dec. 31. 1890."; inscribed at middle right: "The ESKIMO....", followed by an extensive history of the horn; at upper right below vignette: "GUNAR ARCKU, a TYPE / of ALASKA Indians."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
