Object Record
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Object Name |
Chair |
Object Number |
1876.4.1 |
Collection |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
Description |
made of interlocking Elk horns; the legs of the chair made from the horns of a yearling Elk; seat is made of Elk skin; horns are white tipped; inscribed on a horn located near the top (back) on left side, "Seth Kinman Humboldt Bay, California 1874". |
Date |
1874 |
Dimensions |
H-37.52 W-53.976 D-44.016 inches |
Material |
horn; animal skin |
Made |
by Seth Kinman |
Provenance |
Elk horn chair presented to Governor Rutherford B. Hayes in his office on September 18, 1876 by Seth Kinman, a California hunter and trapper. |
People |
Kinman, Seth Heyl, Elizabeth Mitchell |
Search Terms |
Seth Kinman Governor Hayes Elk Horn California Hunter Elizabeth Mitchell Heyl Humboldt Bay |