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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
Image Not Available for Pin
Pin
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1929.132
Image Not Available for Scarab
Scarab
Date: c. 600-570 BCE
Medium: Probably steatite
Object number: 1943.29
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
Figural Pendant
Figural Pendant
Date: c. 700-1550 CE
Medium: Gold or tumbaga (gold and copper alloy)
Object number: 2004.2
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Mirror
Unknown artist
Date: 5th-3rd century BCE
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 2015.6.7
Photograph by David Revette.
Bust of a woman wearing a polos
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: INV.542