Collection Highlights
Poems, Henricus Selyns
Date:
1659-1686
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Selyns
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
Object Number:
2002.1.2873
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
12 1/2 x 7/8 in.
Description:
A white woven silk ribbon used as an ornamental strap for holding cigars in a cigar box printed in black with the words "United States Maine", probably a reference to the battleship Maine lost to an explosion in Havana harbor in February 1898, precipitating the Spanish-American War..
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
