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Drawing, Designs for Six Trophies Composed of Hunting Attributes
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Pierre Ranson. It is dated ca. 1775 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is brush and gouache, white heightening, pen and black ink, graphite on cream paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- Throwing Knife (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- iron, handle covered in braided fiber.
- Herbert Ward Collection, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of....
- 15.2012.41
- Throwing Knife (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- iron, handle covered in bark cloth and tied with braided fiber.
- Herbert Ward Collection, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of....
- 15.2012.42
Its dimensions are
27.1 × 20.4 cm (10 11/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: D&C; Blauw
Cite this object as
Drawing, Designs for Six Trophies Composed of Hunting Attributes; Designed by Pierre Ranson (French, 1736–1786); France; brush and gouache, white heightening, pen and black ink, graphite on cream paper; 27.1 × 20.4 cm (10 11/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-266
