Lost Wax Casting Material
2022-7-2.9
From: India
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | 2022-7-2.9 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Indian |
Provenience | India |
Period | 20th Century |
Date Made | ca. 1986 CE |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Metal |
Technique | Cire Perdue | Dhokra |
Description | A piece of scrap metal which would be melted down and cast into a statue. This belongs to a set of objects that document the Dhokra brass-casting process. |
Height | 3 cm |
Outside Diameter | 3.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Bruce Pearson, in honor of Lee Horne, 2022 |
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