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Beads
Beads
Artist/Maker
Datec. 300-900 CE
MediumStone
DimensionsOverall (variable (approx)): 4 × 17 in. (10.2 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art
Object number2001.1.36
Not on view
Description50 carved stone beads in two general sizes strung together in a necklace arrangement following a pattern of 4 smaller circular beads (40 total) spaced between longer cylindrical beads (10 total). Pattern and stringing is a modern intervention.
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Additional Details

Exhibition History 2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - Present (no cat.).
Provenance 2001: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. Gift of Francis and Lilly Robicsek.
Image Not Available for String of beads with cat amulets
String of beads with cat amulets
Unknown artist
Date: n.d.
Medium: Faience
Object number: INV.606
Image Not Available for String of beads with cat amulets
String of beads with cat amulets
Unknown artist
Date: n.d.
Medium: Faience
Object number: INV.607
Image Not Available for String of beads with cat amulets
String of beads with cat amulets
Unknown artist
Date: n.d.
Medium: faience
Object number: INV.608
Image Not Available for Untitled - 9 1/2' Tube and Disk Bead Necklace
Untitled - 9 1/2' Tube and Disk Bead Necklace
Unknown artist
Date: n.d.
Medium: Faience, lapis lazuli
Object number: INV.610
Image Not Available for Untitled - 14' Tubular Bead Necklace
Untitled - 14' Tubular Bead Necklace
Unknown artist
Date: n.d.
Medium: Faience, lapis lazuli
Object number: INV.609
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Funerary urn
Date: c. 350-600 CE
Medium: Terracotta with remnants of pigment
Object number: 2002.16
Fragment of a Beaded Loop
Fragment of a Beaded Loop
Unknown artist
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537
Photograph by David Revette.
Bust of a woman wearing a polos
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: INV.542
Photograph by John Bentham.
Woman's Hair Decoration
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1870-75
Medium: Leather with dentalium shells and trade beads
Object number: 1984.456
Image Not Available for Scarab
Scarab
Date: c. 600-570 BCE
Medium: Probably steatite
Object number: 1943.29
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Virgin of the Immaculate Conception Victorious over the Serpent of Heresy
Unknown, Peru (Cuzco School)
Date: late 17th-early 18th century
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object number: 2019.12
Fragment of a beaded loop
Fragment of a beaded loop
Unknown artist
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536