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SculptureEg440

Grey stone carving of Surya. Three-dimensional, full figure frontal carving with stone niche surrounding. Elaborate tiered headdress, necklace and skirt; holding orb-like objects in both hands. Flanked by two small figures at lower leg. Much open work carving.

Culture
South India
Material
stone
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SculptureEg435

Grey stone sculpture of a female figure. Figure wears a conical headdress, a number of necklaces, a skirt-like garment and beaded ornamentation hanging from the waist. A large scepter-like object is held in the figure's right hand. Stone background incorporated in the lower half of sculpture.

Culture
South India
Material
stone
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelEg444

Dark brown wooden panel with many figures; carved in deep relief. Central four-armed goddess figure seated beneath a baldachin-like architectural feature; figure is surrounded my many smaller female figures in various poses holding an array of objects and musical instruments.

Culture
South India
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SculptureEf497

Grey-brown stone carving of a female figure. Frontal figure standing on a base with a flat background. Figure is in dancing position with one hip thrust upwards, feet at right angles to each other, and four arms; one hand holds a scepter, another a hanging orb. Triangular headdress, carved necklace and skirt.

Culture
South India
Material
stone
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelEg443

Panel carved from one piece of wood depicting a figure with a tiered headdress holding a slingshot-like object and sitting with one leg up on the back of a bird figure. Behind the figures are scrolling vegetal and floral elements. Below the figures is a band of abstract design featuring a repetitive pattern of curvilinear lines. The side edges of the panel are bevelled and there are two tenons at the top as well as another tenon at the centre bottom.

Culture
South India
Material
wood and paint ?
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SculptureEf500

Sculpture depicting a male figure wearing a headdress, beaded necklaces, ear ornaments, and a sash that extends from the arms and across the front of the legs. There is a halo-like form behind the head decorated with leaf-like shapes around the head and a band of floral motif at the edge.

Culture
South India ?
Material
stone
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelEg445

Plaque or panel, rectangular in shape, with low relief carving of 11 deities depicted in a row. The central figure has one foot on the head of a small humanoid figure on hands and knees. The border is formed by a repetitive carved design.

Culture
South India
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumEg72

Drum made from a wooden cylinder with skin stretched across both ends with a circular bent wood frame at the edges and secured with strips of leather stretched from end to end and tied to the frame. Fibre rope serves as a handle and is attached to the leather strips at each end.

Culture
South India
Material
wood, skin and fibre
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LeggingsEg422

Three-quarter length leggings with a drawstring waist and a multicoloured beaded fringe with pom-poms around the hemlines. The front and back of the leggings are largely covered with brightly coloured satin-like strips of fabric sewn into a chevron pattern. Small, flat metal heart-shapes are sewn decoratively onto the front and back of the leggings.

Culture
South India
Material
cotton fibre ?, dye, metal, synthetic fibre ?, shell ? and paint ?
Made in
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PantsEg424

Cotton shorts with a drawstring waist and colourful imagery on the legs. Shorts are black with white and red bands at the waist and white, red and blue bands at the hemline. Shorts are overlaid with red, blue, green and yellow fabric cut-outs and yellow and white string forming designs on the front and back; the front features two human figures dancing while holding sword-like objects in both hands; the back features geometric designs. Bands of geometric patterning encircle the shorts.

Culture
South India
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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