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
Gavel
Object Number:
1948.24ab
Date:
1901
Medium:
Ivory, wood, silver, leather, silk
Dimensions:
overall (case): 2 5/8 x 11 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 6.7 x 28.6 x 11.4 cm )
overall (gavel): 9 5/8 x 3 x 1 7/8 in. ( 24.4 x
Marks:
engraved: across silver at center of head: "Presented by / CENTRAL FEDERATED UNION / OF / New York / TO / WORKERS FAIR / Nov. 10th 1901"
Description:
Gavel with ivory head, turned wooden handle, with inscribed silver around the center of the head; the head's design resembles turned wood. The case is brown leather, with floral and scroll design metal clasp at the front, hinged across the back; interior of red satin.
Gallery Label:
The donor, Typographia No. 7, was a German-American typesetters' and compositors' union founded in 1869. Its headquarters in 1901 was in People's Hall on East 4th Street, between Second and Third Avenues. In September, 1947, Typographia No. 7 joined New York Typographical Union No. 6.
Credit Line:
Gift of Typographia No. 7, through Ferdinand Meyer, Secretary
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
