Tomb figure of a camel
- Title
- Tomb figure of a camel
- Subject
- Tombs, Camels
- Description
- This is a ceramic tomb figure of a camel. The camel is standing with no load on its back, facing forward as if facing toward the destination. The camel figure is hollow in the belly. The detailed texture and the color tell how meaningful the camel is to the tomb owner.
- Creator
- Unknown
- Publisher
- Perlman Teaching Museum
- Date
- 7th-10th century
- Contributor
- Katrina Li, Xingyi Zhang, Tianyi Zhang
- Rights
- Carleton College encourages the use these materials for research, teaching, and private study according to our Terms of Use, available at https://apps.carleton.edu/digitalcollections/about/terms/
- Format
- Ceramic
- Type
- Physical Object
- Identifier
- https://artcollection.carleton.edu/objects-1/info/5094
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Citation
Unknown, “Tomb figure of a camel,” Digital Objects of Carleton, accessed July 13, 2026, https://dgah.sites.carleton.edu/digtialobjects/items/show/39.