Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
ca. 1866
1921.20
Steel
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Flag: blue and white stripe w/red trianlge & star
Title
Flag: blue and white stripe w/red trianlge & star
Object name
Flag and flagstaff
Date
1900-1925
Medium
Cotton, wood
Dimensions
flag: 12 x 18 in. ( 30.5 x 45.7 cm )
flagstaff: 32 x 3/8 in. ( 81.3 x 1 cm )
Description
Cotton printed flag of Cuba; red triangle printed along the hoist with a white star in the center; five blue and white stripes printed along the remaining fly; nailed to wooden flagstaff with metal nails at top and bottom of the hoist; gold painted finial on flagstaff.
Object Number
INV.12196
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
