Seed sower

Museum number:
9-16398
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3659
Description:
Seed Sower: wood, carved. Human figure on one side, geometric pattern on other. Bottom encircled with iron band as is top side. A split on side with geometric pattern and on base. 3 holes on underside of base. Length of base 17 cm.
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ahmedabad, Gujarat State, India
Culture or time period:
Kunbi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Seed sower, accession number 9-16398, described as Seed Sower: wood, carved. Human figure on one side, geometric pattern on other. Bottom encircled with iron band as is top side. A split on side with geometric pattern and on base. 3 holes on underside of base. Length of base 17 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Seed sower, accession number 9-16398, described as Seed Sower: wood, carved. Human figure on one side, geometric pattern on other. Bottom encircled with iron band as is top side. A split on side with geometric pattern and on base. 3 holes on underside of base. Length of base 17 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Seed sower, accession number 9-16398, described as Seed Sower: wood, carved. Human figure on one side, geometric pattern on other. Bottom encircled with iron band as is top side. A split on side with geometric pattern and on base. 3 holes on underside of base. Length of base 17 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Seed sower, accession number 9-16398, described as Seed Sower: wood, carved. Human figure on one side, geometric pattern on other. Bottom encircled with iron band as is top side. A split on side with geometric pattern and on base. 3 holes on underside of base. Length of base 17 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Seed sower, accession number 9-16398, described as Seed Sower: wood, carved. Human figure on one side, geometric pattern on other. Bottom encircled with iron band as is top side. A split on side with geometric pattern and on base. 3 holes on underside of base. Length of base 17 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Seed sower, accession number 9-16398, described as Seed Sower: wood, carved. Human figure on one side, geometric pattern on other. Bottom encircled with iron band as is top side. A split on side with geometric pattern and on base. 3 holes on underside of base. Length of base 17 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed sower, accession number 9-16398, described as Seed Sower: wood, carved. Human figure on one side, geometric pattern on other. Bottom encircled with iron band as is top side. A split on side with geometric pattern and on base. 3 holes on underside of base. Length of base 17 cm.

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