Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Rooster
Object Number:
INV.5234
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, papier-mâché, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 3 x 1 5/8 in. ( 8.9 x 7.6 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Papier-mâché rooster with brown speckled body, red around eye and on comb and wattles and yellow on beak; legs are made of wood, painted yellow, and mounted in holes drilled in green rectangular base.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
