Collection Highlights
Minaret Turkish Cigarettes
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.111.AMER.MIN
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tongs
Object Number:
INV.3311
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall (extended): 15 x 2 3/4 in. (38.1 x 7 cm)
Overall (closed): 4 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 1 in. (11.4 x 21 x 2.5 cm)
Description:
Wrought iron tongs with extendable middle and flat ends.
Gallery Label:
These tongs were used to obtain embers from a fire to light a pipe.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
