Carving

89-13-407

From: Cambodia | Phnom Penh

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 89-13-407
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cambodian
Provenience Cambodia | Phnom Penh
Date Made 1972
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Iconography Indra | Erawan
Description

Intricately carved panel representing Indra descending from heavens on Erawan, the three headed elephant. Carved in 1972 by artist of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Phnom Penh and presented to Elizabeth Lyons by Pan Sothi, Minister of Culture, Cambodia, January 1973.

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989
Other Number L-714-7 - Other Number

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