Funerary Stela
Funerary Relief
67-13-4
From: Central India (uncertain) | India | Rajasthan (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Satikal |
| Object Number | 67-13-4 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | Central India (uncertain) | India | Rajasthan (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Mid 19th Century - Late 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Makrana Marble |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Husband | Wife |
| Description | Satikal (i.e. 'Sati's stone'), of white Makrana marble. Funerary relief. Flat slab roughly picked on back, well smoothed on front. Stone commemorates the wife who committed sati, i.e. burned herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Depicted in low relief in sunken background are the husband and wife, both en face, in frontal position, each figure with the hands in anjali mudra. Both dressed in caps and full length costume. |
| Height | 37.7 cm |
| Width | 17 cm |
| Thickness | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore PA, 1967 |
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