Collection Highlights
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ) (1732/40-1836)
Date:
1796
Object Number:
1867.314
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dress hat
Object Number:
INV.11031
Date:
1930-1945
Medium:
Wool, other textile, leather, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 11 x 10 1/8 in. ( 11.4 x 27.9 x 25.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: on lining: "Royal Uniforms / 257 FOURTH AVE. / NEW YORK CITY"
in relief: on front insignia: "E PLURIBUS / UNUM" (on banner)
Description:
Dress hat with white wool crown with flat, roughly circular top and visor with oak leaf sprays embroidered in gold metallic thread on black felt ground; gilded metal insignia in the form of a shield-breasted eagle surmounted by a banner and a disk with thirteen stars; chin strap made of gold metallic cloth tape with leather backing, secured at either side by a button embossed with insignia similar to type attached to front of hat.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
