Amulet

29-221-462

From: India | Rajasthan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-221-462
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India | Rajasthan
Section Asian
Materials Silver
Iconography Hoi Mata
Description

Square pendant with two eyes for a chain. The amulets depicts Hoi Mata. There is a studded boarder around scene in a square symbolizing a house plan (Sanskrit: vastu). Amulets like these are know by many names including madaliya and patri.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number CG2001-1-28 - Found in Collection Number | 462 - Sommerville Number

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