Collection Highlights

Study for "Carmen Jones"

Date:

1944

Object Number:

2001.104

Medium:

Watercolor and graphite on paper

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Object name

Curling iron

Date

1775-1795

Medium

Metal

Dimensions

Overall: 9 3/4 x 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 24.8 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm )

Description

Narrow metal curling iron; grip has slightly bulbous ends.

Credit Line

Gift of an Anonymous Donor

Object Number

1947.461i

Gallery Label

According to accession records, this curling iron is part of a collection of tools belonging to minia