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Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Ocarina
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by Bryan Edwards, Class of 2019. For educational purposes only.
Datec. 100-1000 CE
MediumCeramic
DimensionsOverall: 10 in. × 5 in. × 4 3/4 in. (25.4 × 12.7 × 12.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art
Object number2001.1.29
Not on view
DescriptionOcarina (clay instrument) in the shape of a human figure with a shield and headdress.

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.
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Metal and wood with twine
Object number: 2023.10.30
Date: date unknown
Medium: Gourd
Object number: INV.781
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Date: c. 350-600 CE
Medium: Terracotta with remnants of pigment
Object number: 2002.16
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
Louis Naranjo
Date: c. 1980 - 1997
Medium: Terracotta with paint, wood, and feathers
Object number: 2018.3.6
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: c. 1070-656 B.C.E.
Medium: Faience
Object number: 1943.96
Three-head Vessel
Date: c. 650-800 C.E.
Medium: Ceramic
Object number: 2001.1.41
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: c. 1070-656 B.C.E.
Medium: Clay
Object number: 1943.121a
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: c. 1070-656 B.C.E.
Medium: Clay
Object number: 1943.122b
Cylinder Vessel
Date: c. 700-950 C.E.
Medium: Ceramic with pigment
Object number: 2001.1.18
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: c. 1070-656 B.C.E.
Medium: Faience
Object number: 1943.95c
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: c. 700-950 C.E.
Medium: Ceramic
Object number: 2001.1.31a-b
Standing Figure
Date: 100 BCE - 250 CE
Medium: Ceramic
Object number: 2001.1.43