Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Tabeer (R-31), with Carving Unfurled and a Landscape Vignette of the Tuscarora Indian Burial Ground, Livingston County, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.212
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and copper metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 5/16 x 14 1/8 in. ( 28.7 x 35.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: RA Grider. May 13, 1889. RA Grider 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right center below horn in brown ink: "RA Grider May 13. 1889."; also inscribed and signed inside vignette image; inscribed at lower right: "Burial place of the Tuscarora..."; at middle right: "The TABEER.", 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.
