Weight

48-2-29

From: Burma

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Hintha Alay
Object Number 48-2-29
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Burmese
Provenience Burma
Period Konbaung Dynasty
Date Made Konbaung Dynasty
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Technique Lost Wax Casting
Iconography Hintha
Description

50 tical/kyat weight in the shape of a hintha, or hamsa bird with one head knob, single mane, V-shaped tail on a rounded hexagonal base. Marks on feet indicate webbing and claws.

Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number L-2-327 - Old Loan Number

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