Trunk
Datec. 1880
MediumRawhide and paint
Dimensions24 3/8 x 11 inches (61.9 x 27.9 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase
Object number81.125
ClassificationsLeatherwork
Curator NotesTrunk make from a sheet of stiff rawhide (domestic cattle hide), folded and laced into a rectangular box shape with a cover that bends down over the front. Entire surface painted with geometric designs in red, black and green. Motifs are arrowhead and hourglass shapes and maltese crosses on the front and back.
On View
On viewCollections
- Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Wing A, The Americas, Gallery 6
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
M. G. Chandler
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