Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: John Dewandeler (R-57), with Carving Unfurled, and a Vignette Scene of the House of Sconida, Chief of the Oneida Tribe, 1816
Object Number:
1907.36.238
Date:
1888
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache and graphite with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
12 x 14 5/8 in.
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center: RA Grider Canajoharie N.Y. Feby. 1888
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at center below horn in brown ink: "R A Grider Canajoharie N.Y. / Feby. 1888."; inscribed at lower center: "The DEWANDELER…," followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower left below vignette: "The home of SCONIDA a Chief of the Oneida Indians..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
