Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Scottish Rite Consistory Regalia for Artoia (29th Degree)
1915-1919
Walter Tripp (1868-1926)
USA: Massachusetts, Boston
Print process on paper, opaque watercolor, graphite, ink
overall: 10"h x 8"w
Gift of the Supreme Council, 33º, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A.
2011.068.213

Masonic Scottish Rite Consistory regalia for Artoia (29th degree). Depicts full-length male figure wearing a maroon tunic with a gold eagle on the front; short sleeves and scalloped edge. Under the tunic he wears silver armor. He wears brown fingerless gloves. He wears a gold belt with a gold scabbard on one side. The armor extends to cover his feet, his hands and his head. He has a brown mustache and wears a silver helmet. He stands with one arm bent at the elbow and his hand on his hip and with the other arm extended out to the side holding his sword on its point. Attached to the back is a typewritten piece of paper headed "C. 71. / XXIX-5. Artoia." This is followed by a description of the various costume elements and a note on their sources.