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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Luce Center
Pair of handcuffs
Object Number:
1943.292
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 3 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 8.3 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Oval steel handcuffs; half of the cuff is a flat curved lock with key hole hinged to a rounded cuff; cuffs held together by an oval chain link that attaches to two round links inserted into the lock half of the cuffs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
