Fish ornament

Museum number:
9-12910a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
Fish, cast brass with hinge opening; a) fish: lattice work on body, solid head, tail and back; 3 legs; length circa 20 cm., height 10 cm.; b) hinged opening, length 4.7 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Bengal (historical region)
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Fish ornament, accession number 9-12910a,b, described as Fish, cast brass with hinge opening; a) fish: lattice work on body, solid head, tail and back; 3 legs; length circa 20 cm., height 10 cm.; b) hinged opening, length 4.7 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Fish ornament, accession number 9-12910a,b, described as Fish, cast brass with hinge opening; a) fish: lattice work on body, solid head, tail and back; 3 legs; length circa 20 cm., height 10 cm.; b) hinged opening, length 4.7 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Fish ornament, accession number 9-12910a,b, described as Fish, cast brass with hinge opening; a) fish: lattice work on body, solid head, tail and back; 3 legs; length circa 20 cm., height 10 cm.; b) hinged opening, length 4.7 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Fish ornament, accession number 9-12910a,b, described as Fish, cast brass with hinge opening; a) fish: lattice work on body, solid head, tail and back; 3 legs; length circa 20 cm., height 10 cm.; b) hinged opening, length 4.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fish ornament, accession number 9-12910a,b, described as Fish, cast brass with hinge opening; a) fish: lattice work on body, solid head, tail and back; 3 legs; length circa 20 cm., height 10 cm.; b) hinged opening, length 4.7 cm.

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