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Item number Ef149 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number Ef149 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Light coloured brass representation of woman's head. Hair of brass with repeated lines drawn into bun at back of head. Neck flares out at upper shoulders then ends abruptly, forming wide solid base. Ears are S-shaped, wearing large trefoil earrings. Features are thick and large with circle designs on forehead, cheeks, and chin. Wears choker of small repeated circular designs.
Used by low-caste Hindus or tribal peoples. May be a non-traditional form. These brass ritual objects are handmade in cire perdue (lost wax) method by brass casters. They are intended for other low-caste Hindu groups such as potters and agriculturalists as well as non-Hindu tribes who do not work in brass. Although the classic Sanskritic-based tradition, stipulated in the 'Silpa Sastras', requires that images worshipped in temples be solid cast, this does not apply to folk traditions where casting predominates.
Made by Kaser (Ghadwa) caste.
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Made by Kaser (Ghadwa) caste.
Light coloured brass representation of woman's head. Hair of brass with repeated lines drawn into bun at back of head. Neck flares out at upper shoulders then ends abruptly, forming wide solid base. Ears are S-shaped, wearing large trefoil earrings. Features are thick and large with circle designs on forehead, cheeks, and chin. Wears choker of small repeated circular designs.
Used by low-caste Hindus or tribal peoples. May be a non-traditional form. These brass ritual objects are handmade in cire perdue (lost wax) method by brass casters. They are intended for other low-caste Hindu groups such as potters and agriculturalists as well as non-Hindu tribes who do not work in brass. Although the classic Sanskritic-based tradition, stipulated in the 'Silpa Sastras', requires that images worshipped in temples be solid cast, this does not apply to folk traditions where casting predominates.
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