Amulet

29-221-114.1

From: India | Rajasthan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-221-114.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hindu
Provenience India | Rajasthan
Section Asian
Materials Silver
Iconography Ganesha | Lakshmi
Description

Square pendant with four eyes for a chain along top edge. Small squares inscribed with a cross and a doting each corner is at the base of each eye and at each corner. Depicts Ganesha and Lakshmi each sitting beneath an arch. Surrounded by figure-8 pattern boarder. Amulets like these are known by many names including madaliya and patri.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number CG2001-1-27 - Found in Collection Number | 29-221-114 - Original Number

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