Statuette

Museum number:
9-17675
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4101
Description:
Statuette of a Christ with back to tree. Christ figure made in ivory, portrayed as beardless. with red blotches on body probably representing blood, and with fastenings around wrists and one ankle which seem to bind him to the tree. Tree made in light wood, on which gold paint has been applied. India, Goa (Union territory of Goa)*. *Formerly belonged to Portugal; as of Mar. 1962 became part of India, administered as a union territory. Max length: 17 7/10 cm.
Donor:
Eddie Oliver
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Statuettes (free-standing sculpture)
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Statuette, accession number 9-17675, described as Statuette of a Christ with back to tree. Christ figure made in ivory, portrayed as beardless. with red blotches on body probably representing blood, and with fastenings around wrists and one ankle which seem to bind him to the tree. Tree made in light wood, on which gold paint has been applied. India, Goa (Union territory of Goa)*. *Formerly belonged to Portugal; as of Mar. 1962 became part of India, administered as a union territory. Max length: 17 7/10 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Statuette, accession number 9-17675, described as Statuette of a Christ with back to tree. Christ figure made in ivory, portrayed as beardless. with red blotches on body probably representing blood, and with fastenings around wrists and one ankle which seem to bind him to the tree. Tree made in light wood, on which gold paint has been applied. India, Goa (Union territory of Goa)*. *Formerly belonged to Portugal; as of Mar. 1962 became part of India, administered as a union territory. Max length: 17 7/10 cm.

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