Collection Highlights
American Bastille
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.E458.8.M36.1870F.XL
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bowling set
Object Number:
INV.7901a-k
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Wood, paint
Dimensions:
Diameter (ball): 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
Description:
Set of 9 wooden bowling pins (1 missing) and two wooden balls; pins are turned, with shoulders, neck, and knop with cylindrical finial, and decorated with incised lines and abstract leaves and berries, and bands of dark stain; some leaves are painted with green, and berries with yellow; balls have four crossing incised lines.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
