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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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Tile
Object Number:
INV.908aa
Date:
1640-1670
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. ( 14 x 14.6 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with reddish buff colored body, gray-white glaze, and painted polychrome decoration; double snake's-head in diamond-shaped frame with saw-tooth edge at center and fleur-de-lis in each corner; pin holes at upper left and lower right corners; concrete affixed to right side and to back, with fragment of wood embedded at top.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
