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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