9-11891a (additional number, incorrect component for artifact, "b" was an exhibition mount)
Description:
Buddha head; bronze (?); copper alloy casting with iron inclusions in upper part of head; poor conditions; peg at base
Collection place:
Thailand
Verbatim coll. place:
Siam att. Thailand
Materials:
Copper alloy and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Statues
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Mount for object "b" was incorrectly cataloged and discarded.. Artifact was given an incorrect "a" component. 2014-02-11 L. Beyer