Hermit Crab
Date:
1848
Medium:
terracotta, shell
Dimensions:
8 5/8 x 8½ in.
22.0 x 21.5 cm
22.0 x 21.5 cm
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund
Object number:
1992.218
A terracotta figure of an old woman wearing a hat and scarf, knotted at the neck, emerges from the opening of a large seashell. The figure's left arm rests on the shell with her left hand raised over her right hand. The seashell rests upon a terracotta base depicting various marine life.
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