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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