Art Funded
Collection of ethnographic items
© British Museum
Native American
British Museum
circa 1775 - 1910
A collection of 76 objects, mostly from North America which was assembled at Stonyhurst college, a Jesuit school founded in 1797. The key items are 15 articles of war, ceremonial and domestic use, brought to England in 1825 for an Irish-American school boy, Bryan Mullanphy from St. Louis. They include a skin map showing the drainages of the Mississippi, Wabash and Ohio Rivers circa 1773-5. The 10 non-North American works are from the Pacific, Guyana, Africa and Asia.
- Medium: multi-media, mostly organic materials
- Dimensions: various
- Art Fund Grant: £50000 ( Total: £553,136)
- ArtFunded in: 2003
- Vendor: Anonymous
Provenance
Stonyhurst College. On loan to the British Museum from 1977 to 2003.
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