Model
Object number94.101.17
Made by
Works Progress Administration
Date1935-1943
MediumWood/Paint/Metal/Glass/Unknown/Paper/Ink
Credit LineGift of Pittsburgh Board of Education
DescriptionWorks Progress Administration Museum Extension Project Model of Grinding Corn. Black painted wood box with glass window on one side revealing a scene of two people (Native Americans) in the act of grinding corn.DimensionsOpen dimensions: Height 15.5, Width 13.125, Depth 10.125;Closed dimensions: Height 8.875, Width 13.125, Depth 10.125.
InscriptionsWhite paper adhesive label on the top near front right corner has handwritten number and text "108.9.3.82 / Lemington".
MarksWorks Progress Administration Museum Extension Project Paper label on lid at center has gold printed text: in top left corner inside a keystone shape "MUSEUM / EXTENSION / PROJECT / WPA / DISTRICT 5" and at center "45-MD-8 / GRINDING CORN / HOPI".
Related institution
Pittsburgh Public Schools
Related institution
Works Progress Administration
Related institution
Hopi
Subjects
On View
Not on viewAmerican Optical Company
A. Buch's Sons Company