Figurine

Museum number:

9-11027a-f

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

330a-f (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2696

Description:

Deity figurines, painted wood; Each 15 cm length; 5.5 cm width

Donor:

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund

Collection place:

Varanasi (city), Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh

Verbatim coll. place:

India, Uttar Pradesh, India

Culture or time period:

Indian

Collector:

Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro

Collection date:

January 1970

Materials:

Wood (plant material) (carved and painted)

Person depicted:

Ganesha (Hindu deity), Hanuman (Hindu deity), Krishna (Hindu deity), and 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:

Worshipped by anyone at any time; gods represented are: a) Ganesh b) Lakshman c) Rahda and Krishna d) Hanuman e) Sita f) Shiva. Made by men of carpenter caste.

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

width 5.5 centimeters and length 15 centimeters

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