Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Figurine |
Catalog Number |
0985.07.00256 |
Description |
Small cast bronze figure. Depicts an African or African American male, possibly a slave, wearing plaid pantaloons and holding a large woven two-handled basket for picking cotton. Dark patina with some sort of putty white colored sticking substance remaining under base. |
Material |
metal (bronze) |
Dimensions |
H-5.25 W-2.75 inches |
Owned |
Jefferson Davis (tentative) ; Jennie Cummins (tentative) |
Event |
imprisonment of Jefferson Davis at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, 1865-1867 |
Provenance |
Unknown. Possibly owned by a member of the Davis family. Believed to be the "bronze match safe (small figure of a fisherman) used by President and Mrs. Davis at Fortress Monroe for flowers given by them to Miss Jennie Cummins," which is otherwise unaccounted for. |
People |
Davis family Davis, Jefferson (tentative) Davis, Varina Banks Howell [Mrs. Jefferson] (tentative) Howell, Varina Banks (tentative) Cummins, Kate (tentative) |
Search Terms |
Fortress Monroe |
Subjects |
African Americans slaves slavery cotton |