Collection Highlights
Three Iroquois: Atotárho Protected by Black Snakes, Flanked by Deganawida Offering Wampum and Hiawatha
c. 1827
X.520[dup]
Watercolor, black and brown ink, and brown gouache over graphite on beige paper, laid on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Carving fork
Object name
Carving fork
Date
1887 - 1888
Medium
Silver, steel, horn
Dimensions
Overall: 16 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 41.3 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm )
Description
Silver and steel carving fork with bone handle, steel tines, and hollow cast silver finial. Finial is shield-shape and cast in vertical halves, with feathered, foliate and geometric decoration and beaded border at socket band; cylindrical handle socket at joint with tines constructed of die-stamped heart band with beaded edge; two tines have chamfered baluster stem with attached lever at underside.