Collection Highlights
The Rapalje Children
1768
1946.201
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hoop game
Object name
Hoop game
Date
1850-1900
Medium
Wood, textile
Dimensions
Each (hoop): 5/8 x 8 in. (1.6 x 20.3 cm)
Each (rod): 1 x 21 1/2 in. (2.5 x 54.6 cm)
Description
Set of four wooden rods (two stained yellow and two stained purple) and two hoops covered in purple velvet with beige cloth ribbon wrapped around them in criss-cross fashion; upper end of each rod is also covered in velvet (red or blue) and wrapped in beige cloth ribbon.
Object Number
INV.10047a-f
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
