Collection Highlights
Unidentified Osage Warrior Wearing Bird Headdress
1807
1860.91
Charcoal with stumping, Cont
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Chest
Object name
Chest
Date
ca. 1804
Medium
Pine, poplar
Dimensions
Overall: 22 1/2 x 50 x 23 in. ( 57.2 x 127 x 58.4 cm )
Description
Painted chest of dovetail construction with brown sponged background; hinged lid with thumbnail molding and side battens; top painted with two square reserves each with eight-pointed compass-drawn star inside circle; front has three painted arched panels, central one with double arch, painted with yellow and green tulips in handled vases; inscriptions scratched into vases; applied base molding and dovetailed bracket feet.
Credit Line
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
Object Number
1947.430
Marks
scratched: in painted vase on left front: "CATHA/ RINA/ WOBIN/ 1804"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
