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Figural Pendant
Figural Pendant
Datec. 700-1550 CE
MediumGold or tumbaga (gold and copper alloy)
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 1/2 in. (9.5 × 8.9 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift from an anonymous donor
Object number2004.2
Not on view
DescriptionCast gold (or tumbaga) double headed monkey with arms out-stretched and exposed male genitalia, grasping the stylized tail arching over its head, trimmed with a row of monkeys in profile; two larger monkeys on either side, each holding its tail; and, two suspension loops at back.
Collections

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Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).

2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," September 1, 2015 - ongoing (no catalog).

2014
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Find and Seek," September 2014 - August 28, 2015 (no catalog).

2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects: A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat., illus., cover, 8).

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.).


Provenance 2004: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of an anonymous donor;
1968 - 2004: Private collection, by purchase.
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