Carved stone

Museum number:
9-11139
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
306 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Shiva Ling, phallic image and symbol of the god Shiva; black stone; 13.3 cm length; 8 cm width.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Varanasi (city), Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Benares
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Stone (worked rock) (black stone carved)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Phallic
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:
Worshipped anytime by men or women, either in temples or homes; rubbed with ghee (butter) or oil to make it black and oily.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 8 centimeters and length 13.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Carved stone, accession number 9-11139, described as Shiva Ling, phallic image and symbol of the god Shiva; black stone; 13.3 cm length; 8 cm width.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Carved stone, accession number 9-11139, described as Shiva Ling, phallic image and symbol of the god Shiva; black stone; 13.3 cm length; 8 cm width.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Carved stone, accession number 9-11139, described as Shiva Ling, phallic image and symbol of the god Shiva; black stone; 13.3 cm length; 8 cm width.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carved stone, accession number 9-11139, described as Shiva Ling, phallic image and symbol of the god Shiva; black stone; 13.3 cm length; 8 cm width.

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