Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Wig: w/ponytail w/black bow & ribbon and bun curls
Object Number:
INV.12172
Date:
1870-1920
Medium:
Hair, net, cloth tape, ribbon, metal
Dimensions:
Overall (flat): 21 x 8 x 2 in. (53.3 x 20.3 x 5.1 cm)
Description:
Man's wig with gray hair knotted to net foundation reinforced with brown silk tape; bun curls on either side secured with hairpins and queue in back tied with black ribbon.
Gallery Label:
This wig was probably used by the history painter John Ward Dunsmore (1856-1945) to outfit one of his models.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
