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
Token
Object Number:
2002.1.4431
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
An aluminum token, embossed on one side with crowned King encircled by the words "Rex/ King of Carnival/ Monarch of Merriment". On the reverse a blank crest, an empty shield flanked by crossed sceptors and draped in cloth encircled by "Pro Bono Publico/ New Orleans/ Mardi Gras", with an artist's palette and a mask.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
