To Two Young Boys, Mother Corn Gave Good Seed from Which Comes All the Corn We Have Today, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians

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Object Details

Artist

Robert Riggs, born Decatur, IL 1896-died Philadelphia, PA 1970

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind

Date

ca. 1966

Object number

1986.91.5

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Drawing

Medium

graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard

Dimensions

sheet: 21 7/8 x 28 in. (55.7 x 71.1 cm)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Graphic Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Figure group\male

Mythology\other\American Indian

Still life\vegetable\corn

Indian\Lenape

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b023ec5d-0185-44b3-ab93-40c1eb8cb142

Record ID

saam_1986.91.5