Amulet

29-221-114.2

From: India | Rajasthan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-221-114.2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hindu
Provenience India | Rajasthan
Section Asian
Materials Silver
Iconography Ganesha | Lakshmi
Description

Square pendant with four eyes. Edges worn. Each eye decorated with a flower as well as each corner. Depicts Ganesha and Lakshmi kneeling beside one another. Surrounded by a flower boarder. Amulets like these are known by many names including madaliya and patri.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number CG2001-1-23 - Found in Collection Number

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