Tobacco Board

Woodlands

Caption

Woodlands. Tobacco Board. Wood, metal, 1 1/8 x 16 3/4 x 6 5/16 in. (2.9 x 42.5 x 16.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X969. Creative Commons-BY

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Woodlands

Title

Tobacco Board

Medium

Wood, metal

Classification

Smoking/Drugs

Dimensions

1 1/8 x 16 3/4 x 6 5/16 in. (2.9 x 42.5 x 16.0 cm)

Inscriptions

paper label : reads "tobacco board was used on September 13th 1... at the time Nine Sachems declared th... allegiance to King James and the Massasoit. Obtained from Jm.T. from Miss Elizabeth Hills the last heir of the Hills family who died April 1842 aged 9..rs"

Credit Line

Brooklyn Museum Collection

Accession Number

X969

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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