Weight

89-13-3

From: Burma

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Toe Alay
Object Number 89-13-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Burmese
Provenience Burma
Period Taungoo Dynasty
Date Made 16th Century
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Technique Lost Wax Casting
Iconography Toenaya | Mythological Animal
Description

A 5 tical/kyat weight cast in the form of a toe naya (Burmese), a mythical beast, poised on a stepped octagonal base. Has two horns located on the sides of top part of head in front of the ears. Horse-like elevated tail.

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989

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