Collection of ethnographic items
Unknown artist, c. 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.
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Title of artwork, date
Collection of ethnographic items, c. 1775–1910
Date supported
2003
Medium and material
Multi-media, mostly organic materials
Dimensions
Various
Grant
50000
Total cost
553136
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