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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
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.

Additional Details

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.
Inscribed None
Cylinder Vessel
Date: c. 700-950 CE
Medium: Ceramic with incised design
Object number: 2001.1.10
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: 19th century
Medium: Iron, wood, copper alloy
Object number: 2023.10.52
Date: date unknown
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1929.132
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: early 19th century
Medium: Gouache and gold over white ground on paper
Object number: 1986.26
Scarab
Date: c. 600-570 BCE
Medium: Probably steatite, gold
Object number: 1943.29
Beads
Date: c. 300-900 CE
Medium: Stone
Object number: 2001.1.36
© Jamea Richmond-Edwards. Image Courtesy of Art+Culture Projects, Brooklyn, NY. For educational…
Jamea Richmond-Edwards
Date: 2018
Medium: Pigment print with silkscreen diamond dust and gold foil
Object number: 2020.1
Signet ring
Date: date unknown
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1929.131
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…
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 5th-3rd century BCE
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 2015.6.7
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: 1943.99
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: c. 945-656 B.C.E.
Medium: Faience
Object number: 1943.101