Chicken effigy jar

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Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Chicken effigy jar
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.
Dateunknown
MediumTerracotta with pigment
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/8 in. × 4 in. × 2 3/4 in. (10.5 × 10.2 × 7 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.529
Not on view
DescriptionClay effigy jar in the shape of a chicken with black and red on white paint. Said to possibly be from Mexico.
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Exhibition History 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 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Markings Adhesive label on verso in ink: CA 233
Inscribed Inscribed in ink on verso: E148; in black ink on verso: [illegible]
Photograph by David Revette.
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Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.530
Photograph by David Revette.
Duck effigy jar
Date: c. 1885-1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.528
Photograph by John Bentham.
Red-figure hydria (water jar)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 350-325 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.44
Jar
Jar
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.524
Photograph by John Bentham.
Red-figure calyx-krater (mixing vessel)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 350-320 BCE
Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.30
Photograph by John Bentham.
Jar
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.519
Image Not Available for Jar
Jar
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.517
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Jar
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.518
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
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Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.516
Effigy Vessel
Effigy Vessel
Date: c. 700-950 CE
Medium: Ceramic with red pigment
Object number: 2001.1.19
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Bowl
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.523
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Effigy Vessel
Date: c. 700-950 CE
Medium: Burnished ceramic with brown slip and red pigment
Object number: 2001.1.16