E1311: India- Clay Figurine, Religious Mendicant, a Samryasi or Sadhu

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E1311

Classification Category:

8:Communication Artifacts ➞ Art/Folk Art

Marks/Labels:

On the bottom of the base is "AW 183" in black ink on a white background with a red diagonal line through it.

Materials:

clay
colorant ➔ paint
binding agents ➔ adhesive
synthetic ➔ plaster
binding agents ➔ joiners ➔ metal wire ➔ armature

Dimensions:

9.7 cm L
9.7 cm W
28.7 cm H

Provenance of Object:

The object was gifted to the Boston Children's Mueum by William Whittemore in 1898. The Boston Children's Museum then gifted the object to the Luther College Ethnographic Collection in 2016.

Ethnic Group:

Asian ➞ India

Production Date:

Prior to 1898

Source Locality:

India

Acquisition Date:

1898

Description:

Clay Figurine of a Religious Mendicant from the British Colonial Period

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