Weight

48-2-23

From: Burma

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Hintha Alay
Object Number 48-2-23
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

20 tical/kyat weight in shape of Hamsa bird with one head knob, straight beak, single mane and V-shaped tail standing on rounded hexagonal base. Two horizontal lines on base. Lines on feet indicating webbing and claws.

Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number L-2-319 - Old Loan Number | 167 - Other Number

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