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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Pen wipe/ tobacco
Object Number:
2002.1.2667
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
4 1/2 x 2 in.
Description:
A bright cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed to resemble a geometrically patterned Mexican or Native American textile with a central band of fuchsia surrounded by two bands of blue, and decorated with simple gold and black cubic designs with a black border and fringe. Given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
