Figurine

Museum number:
9-10902b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
272a,b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
statuettes, [handwritten on card: pair,] male and female representing Shiva and Parvatti; ceramic, painted & glazed; 10902 a: 22 cm. length; 8 cm. width (female) 10902 b: 24 cm. length; 11 cm. width (male)
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Molela village, Rajsamand, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Molela
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Ceramic (material) (painted and glazed)
Person depicted:
Shiva (Hindu deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
used for prayers to those deities in the Gangor festival, usually held in March; on this day, women pray for their husbands' health, girls pray for a good man. Larger images of this couple are carried at the head of processions. Made by men of the potter caste - Kumhar
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
a— width 8 centimeters, b— width 11 centimeters, a— length 22 centimeters, and b— length 24 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-10902b, described as statuettes, [handwritten on card: pair,] male and female representing Shiva and Parvatti; ceramic, painted & glazed; 10902 a: 22 cm. length; 8 cm. width (female) 10902 b: 24 cm. length; 11 cm. width (male)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-10902b, described as statuettes, [handwritten on card: pair,] male and female representing Shiva and Parvatti; ceramic, painted & glazed; 10902 a: 22 cm. length; 8 cm. width (female) 10902 b: 24 cm. length; 11 cm. width (male)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-10902b, described as statuettes, [handwritten on card: pair,] male and female representing Shiva and Parvatti; ceramic, painted & glazed; 10902 a: 22 cm. length; 8 cm. width (female) 10902 b: 24 cm. length; 11 cm. width (male)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-10902b, described as statuettes, [handwritten on card: pair,] male and female representing Shiva and Parvatti; ceramic, painted & glazed; 10902 a: 22 cm. length; 8 cm. width (female) 10902 b: 24 cm. length; 11 cm. width (male)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-10902b, described as statuettes, [handwritten on card: pair,] male and female representing Shiva and Parvatti; ceramic, painted & glazed; 10902 a: 22 cm. length; 8 cm. width (female) 10902 b: 24 cm. length; 11 cm. width (male)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-10902b, described as statuettes, [handwritten on card: pair,] male and female representing Shiva and Parvatti; ceramic, painted & glazed; 10902 a: 22 cm. length; 8 cm. width (female) 10902 b: 24 cm. length; 11 cm. width (male)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-10902b, described as statuettes, [handwritten on card: pair,] male and female representing Shiva and Parvatti; ceramic, painted & glazed; 10902 a: 22 cm. length; 8 cm. width (female) 10902 b: 24 cm. length; 11 cm. width (male)

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