Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tobacco pipe fragments (6)
Object Number:
INV.10210.227-232
Date:
1770-1810
Medium:
Clay
Dimensions:
largest: 3 3/4 x 1/4 in. ( 9.5 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Clay tobacco pipe fragments; stems.
Gallery Label:
These fragments were found in 1920 during subway excavations at Broad and Front Streets in lower Manhattan.
Credit Line:
Gift of Maurice Blumenthal, 1921
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
