Collection Highlights
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
Date:
1863
Object Number:
S-189
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Machete w/scabbard
Object Number:
1934.123ab
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Steel, wood, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 49.5 x 11.4 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Machete with broad, single-edged steel blade with clipped point; steel quillons with ends bent upward toward blade; carved wooden grip with pistol grip pommel, the grip consisting of two panels riveted through tang of blade; leather scabbard (badly deteriorated).
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
