Bull ornamentation

Museum number:
9-12894
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Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
Finial for draught bullock horn (one of a pair), cast brass; horn-shape with multiple side loops which once held bells; peacock at top; braces red paint from the animal's horn; height 14.5 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Indian cultures
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bull ornamentation, accession number 9-12894, described as Finial for draught bullock horn (one of a pair), cast brass; horn-shape with multiple side loops which once held bells; peacock at top; braces red paint from the animal's horn; height 14.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bull ornamentation, accession number 9-12894, described as Finial for draught bullock horn (one of a pair), cast brass; horn-shape with multiple side loops which once held bells; peacock at top; braces red paint from the animal's horn; height 14.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bull ornamentation, accession number 9-12894, described as Finial for draught bullock horn (one of a pair), cast brass; horn-shape with multiple side loops which once held bells; peacock at top; braces red paint from the animal's horn; height 14.5 cm.

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