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Luce Center
Three Iroquois in Diverse Costumes: Two Holding Weapons and One Holding a Pipe with a Silver Cross on His Back
Object Number:
X.521
Date:
c. 1827
Medium:
Watercolor, black and brown ink, and brown gouache over graphite on beige paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 18 3/8 in. (38.1 x 46.7 cm)
Marks:
Inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No. 3."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No. 3."
Description:
Iroquois folkart termed 'picture writing'
Bibliography:
Related to Cusick's 1827 booklet: David Cusick's Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations (Tuscarora Village : Lewiston, Niagara, co. 1828, c1826; Lockport, N. Y. : Conley & Lathrop, printers)
Credit Line:
Gift of Lansing Thurber
Provenance:
John Beechtree, Oneida Castle,N.Y., 1845; Lansing Thurber, Utica, N.Y., 1845-49
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.