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Unidentified Osage Warrior Wearing Bird Headdress
1807
1860.91
Charcoal with stumping, Cont
Artist/Maker: Charles-Balthazar-Julien Fevret de Saint-Memin, 1770 - 1852

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Hardware/ household

Hardware/ household
Object name 
Hardware/ household
Date 
1930-1950
Medium 
Wood, graphite, rubber
Dimensions 
7 1/2 x 3/8 in. diameter
Description 
This white pencil is printed in gray "Hercules Cement Corporation/ New York-Phildelphia-Boston ", with the company symbol, a statue of Hercules. See also 2002.1.1532, 1534, 1637-1642 for other Giant Portland Cement items.
Credit Line 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number 
2002.1.1640
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.