figure (ritual & belief: representations)

Cast brass figure of Rama, standing on a square stepped lotus pedestal with hands extending forwards and outwards, the tips of thumb and first finger touching in a mudra indicative of contemplation. The hair is dressed in a topknot. The garments and ornaments are indicated by means iof engraved lines and red lac. Figure made separately from the strand and originally slotted into the stand.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
430
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 273 mm x 123 mm x 91 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
brass; pigment
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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