Collection Highlights
Study of Four Tree Trunks (Three Birches)
ca. 1855
1918.325
Graphite with scratching out on beige paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ball on spike
Object name
Ball on spike
Date
1880-1925
Medium
Metal, rubber, glass
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 31.1 x 6.4 cm )
Description
Rubber-covered ball with wavy wire inlay and blue glass beads affixed to surface with pins; other blue glass beads hang from chains; ball mounted on long metal spike.
Credit Line
Gift of Herbert D. Halsey
Object Number
Z.924
Gallery Label
According to a note written on the paper wrapper in which this and other objects were found, it is a relic collected by Herbert D. Halsey, and was donated in 1941.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
