plaque, ceramic; represents god 'Ganeshji' in sitting pose; high relief; painted orange, yellow, black, blue, green, silver, white; 18.5 cm h.; 13.5 cm w.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Molela village, Rajsamand, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Molela
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Clay
Person depicted:
Ganesha (Hindu deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
placed in shrine for daily worship. represents Ganesh, or Ganapati, elephant-headed god of wisdom and prosperity. painted and varnished terracotta plaques made exclusively by the potters of Molela, a village near Udaipur, Rajasthan, are generally enshrines [sic] under trees and worshipped as family gods and goddesses by the local population.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 13.5 centimeters and height 18.5 centimeters