Tomb Figure

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Tomb Figure
Tomb Figure
Date100 BCE - 300 CE
MediumCeramic with red paint
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 in. × 3 in. × 2 1/2 in. (17.1 × 7.6 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art
Object number2001.1.44
Not on view
DescriptionRed human figure, likely a man, with stylized shortened arms and legs and wearing a headress and bands around upper arms. Hollow with circular opening on top of the figure's head. Possibly from a tomb context.
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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 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Levin.
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Standing Figure
Date: c. 700-950 C.E.
Medium: Ceramic
Object number: 2001.1.7
Effigy Vessel
Effigy Vessel
Date: c. 700-950 C.E.
Medium: Ceramic with red pigment
Object number: 2001.1.19
Standing Figure
Standing Figure
Date: 100 BCE - 250 CE
Medium: Ceramic
Object number: 2001.1.43
Cylinder Vessel
Cylinder Vessel
Date: c. 700-950 C.E.
Medium: Ceramic with incised design
Object number: 2001.1.10
Female Figure
Female Figure
Date: c. 1200-500 B.C.E.
Medium: Ceramic with burnished slip
Object number: 2001.1.2
Photograph by John Bentham.
Headdress frontlet
Date: c. 1825-1850
Medium: Wood with paint and abalone
Object number: 1984.470
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Effigy Vessel Fragment
Date: c. 700-950 C.E.
Medium: Ceramic
Object number: 2001.1.31a-b
Effigy Bowl
Effigy Bowl
Date: c. 300-500 CE
Medium: Ceramic with red paint
Object number: 2001.1.34
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Funerary urn
Date: c. 350-600 CE
Medium: Terracotta with remnants of pigment
Object number: 2002.16
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Pilgrim flask depicting Saint Menas
Date: c. 610-650 C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.5
Pedestal Vessel
Pedestal Vessel
Date: c. 700-950 C.E.
Medium: Burnished brown clay and red paint
Object number: 2001.1.15
Bowl
Bowl
Date: c. 700-950 C.E.
Medium: Red clay ceramic with polychrome slip and paint
Object number: 2001.1.6