Collection Highlights

Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ), 1732/40-1836

Date:

1796

Object Number:

1867.314

Medium:

Oil on canvas

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Object name

Animal figurines

Date

1900-1940

Medium

Ivory, pigment

Dimensions

Overall: 1 x 2 x 3 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 8.3 cm ) Each: 1 x 2 x 1/2 in. (2.5 x 5.1 x 1.3 cm)

Description

Carved, free-standing figures of two walruses and two polar bears with inscibed and blackened features.

Credit Line

Gift of Fanny Shapiro

Object Number

1943.349a-d

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.