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
Broiler
Object name
Broiler
Date
1776-1783
Medium
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 14 1/8 x 5 3/4 in. ( 35.9 x 14.6 cm )
Description
Iron broiler; flat barrel stave that curls into concentric circles at front end.
Object Number
INV.5608.21
Gallery Label
This broiler was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from the floors of twenty huts that were built onto the side of a hill that once stood on the east side of Broadway at Arden Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the camp was occupied by British and Hessian troops until evacuation in 1783.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
