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Ornament with Seated Figure
The pendant with a seated figure lifting his hands to his mouth is one of the earliest and finest of such ornaments, which have been found in graves at the waists of skeletons, indicating that they were worn suspended from a belt.
Provenance
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Hesperia Art, Philadelphia, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1968, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 1993 | From Pasture to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer. Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 8/10/1992 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 9/1/1993 | Treatment | repaired; other |
| 1/23/2001 | Treatment | other |
Geographies
Greece (Place of Origin)
Measurements
5 1/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in. (12.8 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm)
mount 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 5/16 in. (1.8 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by the Sales & Accessions Purchase Fund, 1968
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.2473