Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Date:
1924
Object Number:
1952.45
Medium:
Patinated plaster on a wooden base
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: David Baldwin (FW-52),Two Sides Depicted, with Vignettes of a Portrait of Mohawk Chief 'King Hendrick' and 'The Great Spirit' above a Volcano
Object Number:
1907.36.51
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, brown ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and green and gold metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 14 13/16 in. ( 32.4 x 37.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center left: Rufus A. Grider/ March 1891. Canajoharie N. York
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider / March 1891. Canajoharie N. York."; inscribed at center below vignettes: "The GREAT SPIRIT & Portrait of / KING HENDRICK Chief of the / Mohawks...."; at lower right: "The DAVID BALDWIN.", followed by a history of the horn
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
