Dowry chest

Museum number:
9-12911
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012911
Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
wooden case with brass lock
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Kerala State, India
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1978-1979 #3: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (July 10, 1978–April 24, 1979)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Dowry chest, accession number 9-12911, described as wooden case with brass lockHearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Dowry chest, accession number 9-12911, described as wooden case with brass lockHearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Dowry chest, accession number 9-12911, described as wooden case with brass lockHearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Dowry chest, accession number 9-12911, described as wooden case with brass lockHearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Dowry chest, accession number 9-12911, described as wooden case with brass lockHearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Dowry chest, accession number 9-12911, described as wooden case with brass lockHearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Dowry chest, accession number 9-12911, described as wooden case with brass lockHearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Dowry chest, accession number 9-12911, described as wooden case with brass lockHearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Dowry chest, accession number 9-12911, described as wooden case with brass lock
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dowry chest, accession number 9-12911, described as wooden case with brass lock

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