Collection Highlights
The Indian Hunter
Date:
1860
Object Number:
1939.390
Medium:
Brown patinated bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dominoes
Object Number:
INV.331a-aa
Date:
1934-1950
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paint
Dimensions:
Each (dominoe): 1 3/4 x 7/8 x 3/8 in. (4.4 x 2.2 x 1 cm)
Marks:
printed: on box top: "DOMINOES/By Halsan"
printed: on box top: "SET NO. 623 WITH CONTENTS 28 PIECES"
printed: on sides: "DOUBLE SIX- Dominoes"
Description:
Twenty five black painted dominoes with white painted indentations on one side and low relief image of skyscraper on the other; the dominoes are in a cardboard box with red, yellow, blue, and black painted decoration.
Gallery Label:
Handwritten in blue ballpoint on bottom: "Rosemary J. Rachford"
Pencil written note found with box states that the building on the back of the dominoes is the Empire State Building, but on close examination, it appears not to be.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
