Religious image of god Ganesha - elephant; scrap metal, gilded; 4.5 cm height; 3 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Benaras
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Metal (scrap metal)
Person depicted:
Ganesha (Hindu deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Worshiped anytime by men or women. Made by men of metalworker castes.