Collection Highlights
Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Canteen w/docu: gift of John Wood Dunsmore 1941
Object Number:
1941.1182
Date:
1856
Medium:
Wood, iron, leather, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 7 in. ( 22.9 x 17.8 cm )
Marks:
stamped: back side: "WD/1856"
Description:
Wood, iron, leather, and brass canteen; green-painted, drum-shaped wooden canteen held together by two iron bands riveted along edges, two fragments of leather strap fastened to loops on sides, and wooden stopper to mouthpiece at top; stamped marks on back side.
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
