Rose water sprinkler

Museum number:
9-16500
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3604
Description:
Rose water sprinkler, metal container with stamped floral designs; round base, globular body with constriction and smaller globe into which a long, tapering neck with expanding perforated top is screwed. Metal. India. Length 21.5 cm.
Donor:
Hans Jenny and Mrs. Jean Jenny
Collection place:
India
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
January 29, 1981
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rose water sprinkler, accession number 9-16500, described as Rose water sprinkler, metal container with stamped floral designs; round base, globular body with constriction and smaller globe into which a long, tapering neck with expanding perforated top is screwed. Metal. India. Length 21.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rose water sprinkler, accession number 9-16500, described as Rose water sprinkler, metal container with stamped floral designs; round base, globular body with constriction and smaller globe into which a long, tapering neck with expanding perforated top is screwed. Metal. India. Length 21.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rose water sprinkler, accession number 9-16500, described as Rose water sprinkler, metal container with stamped floral designs; round base, globular body with constriction and smaller globe into which a long, tapering neck with expanding perforated top is screwed. Metal. India. Length 21.5 cm.

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