Gallery Talk | 'What Did They Wear?: The Art of Personal Adornment in the Ancient Mediterranean"

Professor Jim Higginbotham, Associate Professor of Classics on the Henry Johnson Professorship Fund and Associate Curator for the Ancient Collection and curator of the new exhibition, What Did They Wear?: The Art of Personal Adornment in the Ancient Mediterranean, will lead a tour and share insights into this unique display of the museum's collection.

This exhibition explores what was worn by people in the ancient Mediterranean and how various apparel–garments, clothing, footwear, jewelry, and accessories–were used by ancient cultures to represent ethnicity, signify social standing, identify deities, and equip an individual for special occasions and specific roles. Then, as now, appearance mattered!

Free and open to the public; no registration required. Presented by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

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Image: Artist Unidentified (Egyptian), Portrait of a Youth Wearing a Gilded Wreath, ca. 100-199, wood (linden, tilia), wax-based paint (encaustic), gold leaf, 15 1/2 x 8 x 1/16 in. (39.37 x 20.32 x 0.16 cm). Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine. Museum Purchase, Adela Wood Smith Trust.