Object Number | 29-235-54 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Hindu |
Provenience | India | Rajasthan |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silver |
Iconography | Ganesha | Lakshmi |
Description | Lead oblong charm box. Square box pendant with one eye on each side. A piece of metal runs through the eye and attaches another pendant to each side. The 2nd pendant is circular strip of metal around three circles (also metal) with two eyes. The box pendant depicts Ganesha and Lakshmi each sitting beneath an arch. Amulets like these are known by many names including madaliya and patri. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | CG2001-1-24 - Found in Collection Number |
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