Figurine
- Museum number:
- 9-11015
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090011015
- Alternate number:
- 348 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2696
- Description:
- Religious figuring, in shape of god Ganesha; marble, painted; 12 cm length; 8 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, Benares
- Culture or time period:
- Indian
- Collection date:
- January 1970
- Materials:
- Marble (rock) (painted and carved)
- Person depicted:
- Ganesha (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:
- Worshiped anytime by men or women. Made by men or women of the working class.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- width 8 centimeters and length 12 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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