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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Pockets (3)
Object Number:
INV.11411.2a-c
Date:
1911
Medium:
Leather
Dimensions:
each: 6 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 1/8 in. (15.9 x 10.5 x 0.3 cm)
Marks:
tooled: center front: "SAINT NICHOLAS SOCIETY. / DECEMBER 6TH 1911"
tooled: center inside back: "CROSS / LONDON"
Description:
Three matching leather pockets, accordioned on the vertical sides, with inscription in center on one side of each.
Gallery Label:
The Saint Nicholas Society was established in 1835 by Washington Irving, to promote the preservation of the remembrace of the first Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam. Saint Nicholas was the patron saint of the Dutch. The society met for a grand ceremonial banquet once a year in December.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
