Carving

Museum number:
9-11947
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011947
Alternate number:
13247 (original number)
Description:
carving, ivory; depicts popular scene of woman being abducted by man as part of marriage ritual; third figure follows behind, poss. in pursuit; all ride on camels; slab (layer?) of ivory is convex-curved, partly stained brown; 24 cm l.; 8 cm w.
Collection place:
Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, att.
Collector:
H. M. Lissauer
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Context of use:
acc. to collector, comes from "State Bed". decoration of furniture. Niloufer HIrschmann (April 1976) thinks this carving, which illustrates a folk tale, probably functioned as the decorative top of a box.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 24 centimeters and width 8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Carving, accession number 9-11947, described as carving, ivory; depicts popular scene of woman being abducted by man as part of marriage ritual; third figure follows behind, poss. in pursuit; all ride on camels; slab (layer?) of ivory is convex-curved, partly stained brown; 24 cm l.; 8 cm w.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Carving, accession number 9-11947, described as carving, ivory; depicts popular scene of woman being abducted by man as part of marriage ritual; third figure follows behind, poss. in pursuit; all ride on camels; slab (layer?) of ivory is convex-curved, partly stained brown; 24 cm l.; 8 cm w.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Carving, accession number 9-11947, described as carving, ivory; depicts popular scene of woman being abducted by man as part of marriage ritual; third figure follows behind, poss. in pursuit; all ride on camels; slab (layer?) of ivory is convex-curved, partly stained brown; 24 cm l.; 8 cm w.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Carving, accession number 9-11947, described as carving, ivory; depicts popular scene of woman being abducted by man as part of marriage ritual; third figure follows behind, poss. in pursuit; all ride on camels; slab (layer?) of ivory is convex-curved, partly stained brown; 24 cm l.; 8 cm w.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 9-11947, described as carving, ivory; depicts popular scene of woman being abducted by man as part of marriage ritual; third figure follows behind, poss. in pursuit; all ride on camels; slab (layer?) of ivory is convex-curved, partly stained brown; 24 cm l.; 8 cm w.

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