100 BCE
8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Plaster
19th centuryItalian
audio file on plastic acorn-shaped MP3 player (55.31 min.)
21st centuryMarble from the Greek islands or Western Asia Minor
2nd-1st century BCEGreekClay, unfired
Central AsianMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigment
6th centuryChineseClay, unfired
Central AsianPlexiglas, bullet
20th centuryGermanwood with gold leaf
18th centuryBritishWood
Chinese
Silver
20th centuryAmericanPlaster
19th centuryItalianSteatite or chlorite
6th millennium BCE