Figurine

Museum number:
9-11037a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210911037a@2dc
Alternate number:
363a-c (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Object count:
3
Description:
toy cobras, three; painted clay; each 13 cm. length; 8 cm. width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Varanasi (city), Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Benares
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Clay
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
played with anytime by children; made by members of potter caste - 'suthar'
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 8 centimeters and length 13 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 9-11037a-c, described as toy cobras, three; painted clay; each 13 cm. length; 8 cm. widthHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 9-11037a-c, described as toy cobras, three; painted clay; each 13 cm. length; 8 cm. widthHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 9-11037a-c, described as toy cobras, three; painted clay; each 13 cm. length; 8 cm. widthHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 9-11037a-c, described as toy cobras, three; painted clay; each 13 cm. length; 8 cm. width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-11037a-c, described as toy cobras, three; painted clay; each 13 cm. length; 8 cm. width

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