This object is currently on display in room 212 as part of Botanical Lessons. There is one other image of this object. See our image rights statement.
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Model, Sambucus Nigra, 1875–1898
This is a Model. It is dated 1875–1898. Its medium is wood, papier-mâché, cardboard, plaster, reed pith, metal, string, feathers, gelatin, glass and bone glue beads, cloth, metallic thread, horsehair, hemp, silk threads, paint, and shellac varnish. It is a part of the department.
The European elderberry, as the Sambucus nigra is popularly called, has been known for centuries for its medicinal properties and culinary applications, through the use of the bark, leaves, flowers, and fruit. The mature wood can be carved, while the hollow young stems are suitable to fabricate musical instruments.
It is credited Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
- Drawing, Botanical Sketches, 1857
- Gift of Louis P. Church.
- 1917-4-836-b
- Drawing, Floral Ornament
- pen and brown ink, brown wash support: white paper laid down.
- 1938-88-2479
- Drawing, Polychrome floral group c, 1915
- gouache, blue tassel (silk?) support: ivory paper.
- Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg.
- 1938-82-229-c
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 41.9 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm (16 1/2 in. × 8 in. × 8 in.)
