Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Porcelain fragment
Object Number:
INV.6100.457
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Porcelain base/rim fragment with blue floral design, also overglazed red and gilt floral design.
Gallery Label:
This fragment was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from a refuse deposit near military barracks that extended along Bennett Avenue between 181st and 182nd Streets. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the barracks were occupied by the British and Hessian garrisons of the fort until evacuation in 1783.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
