Pennant

Object Number: 
1955.271
Date: 
1860-1865
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 x 462 in. ( 22.9 x 1173.5 cm )
Marks: 
printed: on white stripe three times: "Pino"
Description: 
Cotton U.S. ship pennant; blue cotton canton with thirteen white cotton stars in two rows (one of six, one of seven); red and white striped swallow-tail fly; white cotton hoist with a triangular block of wood inside; metal nails driven into each end of the hoist.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Constance P. Brown
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group