Temple sculpture

Museum number:
9-11018
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
258 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Temple sculpture, wooden; painted; deity clasping a staff. 29 cm length; 7.5 cm width.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
North India, poss. tribal
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Metal (metal ring for hanging ) and Wood (plant material) (carved and painted)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
As part of temple sculpture. Made by men of "suthar" carpenter caste.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 7.5 centimeters and length 29 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Temple sculpture, accession number 9-11018, described as Temple sculpture, wooden; painted; deity clasping a staff. 29 cm length; 7.5 cm width.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Temple sculpture, accession number 9-11018, described as Temple sculpture, wooden; painted; deity clasping a staff. 29 cm length; 7.5 cm width.

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