Figurine

Museum number:
9-12907
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
Elephant-like figure with 4 arms, halo; on pedestal base; possibly Ganesh; brass alloy; height 16.6 cm., width across halo 12 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Bankura, West Bengal, India
Culture or time period:
Hindu
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Person depicted:
Ganesha (Hindu deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-12907, described as Elephant-like figure with 4 arms, halo; on pedestal base; possibly Ganesh; brass alloy; height 16.6 cm., width across halo 12 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-12907, described as Elephant-like figure with 4 arms, halo; on pedestal base; possibly Ganesh; brass alloy; height 16.6 cm., width across halo 12 cm.

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