Box

Museum number:
9-12912
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012912
Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
Box, circular, painted; brass fittings; lower half painted with 10 avatars of Vishnu; various geometric and floral designs in green and gold on red ground; elaborate brass lock and handle; crack on lower half; diameter underside 21.2 cm., diameter cover 21 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Kerala State, India
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Person depicted:
Vishnu (Hindu deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Box, accession number 9-12912, described as Box, circular, painted; brass fittings; lower half painted with 10 avatars of Vishnu; various geometric and floral designs in green and gold on red ground; elaborate brass lock and handle; crack on lower half; diameter underside 21.2 cm., diameter cover 21 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Box, accession number 9-12912, described as Box, circular, painted; brass fittings; lower half painted with 10 avatars of Vishnu; various geometric and floral designs in green and gold on red ground; elaborate brass lock and handle; crack on lower half; diameter underside 21.2 cm., diameter cover 21 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Box, accession number 9-12912, described as Box, circular, painted; brass fittings; lower half painted with 10 avatars of Vishnu; various geometric and floral designs in green and gold on red ground; elaborate brass lock and handle; crack on lower half; diameter underside 21.2 cm., diameter cover 21 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Box, accession number 9-12912, described as Box, circular, painted; brass fittings; lower half painted with 10 avatars of Vishnu; various geometric and floral designs in green and gold on red ground; elaborate brass lock and handle; crack on lower half; diameter underside 21.2 cm., diameter cover 21 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Box, accession number 9-12912, described as Box, circular, painted; brass fittings; lower half painted with 10 avatars of Vishnu; various geometric and floral designs in green and gold on red ground; elaborate brass lock and handle; crack on lower half; diameter underside 21.2 cm., diameter cover 21 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Box, accession number 9-12912, described as Box, circular, painted; brass fittings; lower half painted with 10 avatars of Vishnu; various geometric and floral designs in green and gold on red ground; elaborate brass lock and handle; crack on lower half; diameter underside 21.2 cm., diameter cover 21 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Box, accession number 9-12912, described as Box, circular, painted; brass fittings; lower half painted with 10 avatars of Vishnu; various geometric and floral designs in green and gold on red ground; elaborate brass lock and handle; crack on lower half; diameter underside 21.2 cm., diameter cover 21 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-12912, described as Box, circular, painted; brass fittings; lower half painted with 10 avatars of Vishnu; various geometric and floral designs in green and gold on red ground; elaborate brass lock and handle; crack on lower half; diameter underside 21.2 cm., diameter cover 21 cm.

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