Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Collar fragment
Object Number:
Z.1183
Date:
1875-1920
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 22 3/8 in. ( 21 x 56.8 cm )
Description:
White batiste collar fragment, central area has white handmade lace work in a floral design, with embroidered floral wreaths with drawnwork and bobbin tulle in the centers, this area is surrounded on the sides and across the bottom with handmade bobbin tulle lace, the outer edge is trimmed with handmade bobbin tulle with a flower motif which creates a scalloped beaded edge.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
