Weight
48-2-30
From: Burma
Curatorial Section: Asian
Native Name | Hintha Alay |
Object Number | 48-2-30 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Burmese |
Provenience | Burma |
Period | Konbaung Dynasty |
Date Made | KONBAUNG DYNASTY |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Bronze |
Technique | Lost Wax Casting |
Iconography | Hamsa |
Description | 1 viss or peittha weight in the shape of a hamsa bird. Knob on head, single mane, straight beak and U-shaped tail. Rounded hexagonal base. Wings curve outwards. Handle loop with three knobs. |
Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
Other Number | L-2-328 - Old Loan Number |
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