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Large Terracotta pedestal bowl w/ incised exterior decorations

Terracotta bowl fragment w/ spiral base design

Terracotta head with three bun hairstyle

The first cabinet in the Hands-On Room. This cabinet contained a variety of artifacts primarily from the Mediterranean to Near East, like unguentarium, shabti, and loom weights.

The second cabinet in the Hands-On Room. This cabinet contained larger artifacts like the terracotta vessels from Calabar in Africa, along with the Caeretan Hydria from Greece.

The third cabinet in the Hands-On Room. This cabinet contained a variety of artifacts, from Pre-Columbian to Bronze Age Greek or even Egyptian!

A photo of the cabinets taken by Chris and Derek and edited by Chris for the purposes of creating an interactive view of the collection

The Hands-On Room is a small seminar room that consists primarily of three cabinets that contain many of the departments artifacts. These artifacts have been acquired over time, and each case represents different groupings of objects acquired.

Marie arranges artifacts from the boxes in Chris's office into the cabinet drawers, while Peter documents with pencil and paper.

Derek using his laptop to input information about which artifacts are in which drawer into an Excel spreadsheet