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

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

Artist
Robert Riggs, born Decatur, IL 1896-died Philadelphia, PA 1970
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind
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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Department
Graphic Arts
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Figure group\male
Mythology\other\American Indian
Still life\vegetable\corn
Indian\Lenape
Record ID
saam_1986.91.5
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b023ec5d-0185-44b3-ab93-40c1eb8cb142

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