Collection Highlights
Cayambe
1858
S-91
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Needlework
Title
Needlework
Object name
Beadwork picture
Date
1820-1840
Medium
Glass, linen
Dimensions
Overall: 9 5/8 x 7 in. ( 24.4 x 17.8 cm )
Description
Vertical rectangular beadwork picture with various colors of glass beads on plain linen ground; figure of man in folk dress.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number
INV.1214
Gallery Label
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's