Mummified Crocodile Hatchling

Skip to main content
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Mummified Crocodile Hatchling
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Datedate unknown
MediumAnimal remains wrapped with linen and mummification material
DimensionsOverall: 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Credit LineHamilton College Collection
Object numberINV.625
On view
DescriptionMummified crocodile hatchling. Linen wrapping has detached, revealing back legs.
Collections

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Crocodile Mummy
Exhibition History 2011
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.).
Pre-conservation
Bentwood Dish
Date: before 1850
Medium: Wood and spruce root
Object number: 1984.468
Photograph by John Bentham.
Headdress frontlet
Date: c. 1825-50
Medium: Wood with paint and abalone
Object number: 1984.470
Photograph by John Bentham.
Nativity
Date: c. 1500-1510
Medium: Limewood with polychrome and gilding
Object number: 2009.6
Raven dance rattle
Raven dance rattle
Date: 1850-75
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.472
Photograph by John Bentham.
Heron dance rattle
Date: c. 1850-75
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.471
Oystercatcher dance rattle
Oystercatcher dance rattle
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.473
Photograph by Dave Revette
Feast Dish
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Wood
Object number: 1984.469
Mask
Mask
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood and metal
Object number: INV.679
Bonu Amwin mask
Bonu Amwin mask
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood and pigment
Object number: INV.680
Mask
Mask
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood
Object number: INV.681
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Raven Rattle
Date: c. 1850-75
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1996.15.32
Pipe
Pipe
Date: 1850-75
Medium: Wood with copper tubing
Object number: 1984.511