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Beads
Beads
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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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.
String of beads with cat amulets
String of beads with cat amulets
Date: date unknown
Medium: Faience
Object number: INV.606
String of beads with cat amulets
String of beads with cat amulets
Date: date unknown
Medium: Faience
Object number: INV.607
String of beads with cat amulets
String of beads with cat amulets
Date: date unknown
Medium: Faience
Object number: INV.608
Tubular and Disk Bead Necklace
Tubular and Disk Bead Necklace
Date: date unknown
Medium: Faience, lapis lazuli
Object number: INV.610
Tubular Bead Necklace
Tubular Bead Necklace
Date: date unknown
Medium: Faience and 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
Flamboyant Jumper for Dino
Flamboyant Jumper for Dino
Ozioma Onuzulike
Date: 2023
Medium: Earthenware and stoneware clays, ash glazes, recycled glasses and copper wire with 4,770 ceramic palm kernel shell beads
Object number: 2024.19
Fragment of a Beaded Loop
Fragment of a Beaded Loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537
Bronze fragments from Pompeii
Bronze fragments from Pompeii
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: before 79 CE
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1943.147
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Mirror
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 5th-3rd century BCE
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 2015.6.7
Signet ring
Signet ring
Date: date unknown
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1929.131
Figural Pendant
Figural Pendant
Date: c. 700-1550 CE
Medium: Gold or tumbaga (gold and copper alloy)
Object number: 2004.2