Object Number | 51-46-159 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Indian |
Provenience | India | Varanasi |
Period | Modern |
Date Made | 1800 - 1909 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Brass |
Technique | Incised |
Iconography | Garuda |
Description | Brass. Incised decoration with a tall narrow handle surmounted by a figure of garuda. Such bells are rung three times daily in the temples when offerings are made to the god. Figure is now detached. |
Height | 30.16 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951 |
Other Number | 09-310 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | L-238-159 - Old Loan Number | I957 - Seder Number | LE129 - Other Number |
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