Gallery of Treasures
The duho – or ceremonial seat – in the collections of Bryn Mawr College was recovered from a cave on San Salvador Island, Bahamas in 1825 by Captain Wheeler. The object dates back to AD 1000-1500. It is one of only fifteen Bahamian duhos, from a total of 80 wooden examples known to have survived from the entire Caribbean region.
The item pictured is the Bryn Mawr College song book Edited by Helen Lord Smith and Elinor Milnor Parker. It was published by the Undergraduates of Bryn Mawr College for the benefit of Goodhart Hall in 1929. You can see several copies of the song book in Special Collections.
The image of Vesuvius is from William Hamilton’s Campi Phlegraei, 1776. Read more about this spectacular collection of plates of the volcano and the surrounding countryside in the latest Mirabile Dictu, newsletter of the Friends of the Library - available in the Rare Book Room.