Statuette

29-64-52

From: India | Jumna River

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-64-52
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hindu (uncertain) | Buddhist (uncertain) | Indian
Provenience India | Jumna River
Date Made 0-1918
Section Asian
Materials Stone
Technique Carved
Iconography Lakshmi? | Hariti?
Description

Figure of "abundance". Greenish blue stone. Soft like soapstone, water worn. Cut out in simple planes. Female figure; left hand pulls her breast; figure cut off at knees. Hindu Laksmi or Anapurna; Buddhist -(early) Hariti; Vain-Ambika.

Height 15.7 cm
Credit Line Alexander Scott Expedition to India, 1915-1918
Other Number 53 - Other Number

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