Cegarr Box, made by the Natives of South America, handsomely covered with beads

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 27

Notes:

The donor was a Hessian mercenary during the American Revolution who settled in Canada after the war. See Clifford Neal Smith, German Mercenary Expatriates in the United States and Canada (Baltimore, 2006), p. 78.