Collection Highlights
Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Historical Artifacts
Physician's saddlebag with medicine containers
Object Number:
Z.845
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Leather, metal, glass, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 15.9 x 19.7 x 11.4 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on cork stoppers: "pills / 5+", "Cohesi[?]", "ISK-labbay", etc. (others illegible)
Description:
Physician's leather saddlebag containing eight cylindrical metal medicine containers, six of them with corks with handwritten inscriptions, and two glass medicine vials with corks.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, a saddlebag in the collection similar to this one dates from the Civil War period (1861-1865).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
