Box

Museum number:
9-22126
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
A-05 (original number) and BY.A-05
Description:
Metal box with a lid that flips open from the side. On one side of the box is a carving of three females sharing a lower body. There are two attendants on either side of the figure with each attendant holding a gourd.On the other side is a carving of a five armed woman killing a lion with a spear. There is a bird over her head on the left.
Collection place:
Asia
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Box, accession number 9-22126, described as Metal box with a lid that flips open from the side. On one side of the box is a carving of three females sharing a lower body. There are two attendants on either side of the figure with each attendant holding a gourd.On the other side is a carving of a five armed woman killing a lion with a spear. There is a bird over her head on the left.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Box, accession number 9-22126, described as Metal box with a lid that flips open from the side. On one side of the box is a carving of three females sharing a lower body. There are two attendants on either side of the figure with each attendant holding a gourd.On the other side is a carving of a five armed woman killing a lion with a spear. There is a bird over her head on the left.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Box, accession number 9-22126, described as Metal box with a lid that flips open from the side. On one side of the box is a carving of three females sharing a lower body. There are two attendants on either side of the figure with each attendant holding a gourd.On the other side is a carving of a five armed woman killing a lion with a spear. There is a bird over her head on the left.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Box, accession number 9-22126, described as Metal box with a lid that flips open from the side. On one side of the box is a carving of three females sharing a lower body. There are two attendants on either side of the figure with each attendant holding a gourd.On the other side is a carving of a five armed woman killing a lion with a spear. There is a bird over her head on the left.

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