E0844: India- Figurine, Animal

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0844

Classification Category:

8:Communication Artifacts ➞ Art/Folk Art

Marks/Labels:

Tag: "EARTHENWARE HORSE Used as an offering to spirits, for them to ride on. (Santal)"

Materials:

clay

Dimensions:

14 cm L
7 cm W
10.5 cm H

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Source Locality:

Santal, India

Description:

Animal earthenware horse figure.

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