Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tag
Object Number:
2002.1.4425
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Metal, rope
Dimensions:
1 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A grayish beige woven rope loop, bound together by a crimped brass collar above a short 's' link attached to a flat round brass disk engraved "DP-NYC/ 238". Reportedly used as an equipment identification tag by the New York City Parks Department.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
