Collection Highlights
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cascabel
Object name
Cascabel
Date
1760-1783
Medium
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 2 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. ( 6.4 x 6.7 cm )
Description
Iron cascabel; rounded knob.
Object Number
INV.6200.557
Gallery Label
This cascabel was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse pit near the south ramparts at Fort Washington. Built by the Continental Army in the summer of 1776, the fort extended west along 183rd Street from Fort Washington Avenue to Pinehurst Avenue. The fort was captured on November 16, 1776 by Brit