Hermit Crab

Date1848

Mediumterracotta, shell

Dimensions8 5/8 x 8½ in.
22.0 x 21.5 cm

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

Object number1992.218

DescriptionA 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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