Collection Highlights
Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
c. 1554-1565
1889.10.1.1
Watercolor, black and brown ink, gouache, and white lead pigment over black chalk on ivory paper, laid on paper, formerly mounted on an album page
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coin/ medallion
Object name
Coin/ medallion
Date
1939-1940
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
1/8 x 1 1/4 in.
Description
A gold metal coin embossed on one side with the Trylon and Perisphere from the 1939 New York World's Fair encircled by "Metropolitan Life Insurance Exhibit/ New York World's Fair"and radiating rays. On the reverse, the spire of the Metropolitan Life building and the words "The Light That Never Fails/ Metropolitan Life Insurance Comapny".
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.4601
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
