Collection Highlights
Ma-Nuncue
Date:
After 1826
Object Number:
PR.221.58
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Halifax (F-6), with Carving Unfurled
Object Number:
1907.36.410
Date:
1887
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink and wash, collage, gouache, graphite, and blue metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. ( 31.8 x 37.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y./ Sept 20, 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Rufus A. Grider of Canajoharie N.Y. / Sept. 20 1887."; inscribed at lower right in black ink: "The HALIFAX.", followed by a 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.
