Votive offering to goddess Mata

Carved wooden votive offering Votive offering to goddess Mata

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Carved wooden votive offering
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Carved wooden votive offering, crudely executed female(?) figure with peg to fit in base, offered to Mata, Goddess of smallpox, during 1898-1899 famine, Nizam's dominions, Hyderabad, India, 1898-1899; secured to long wooden display base along with three other statues, see A79208 and A79210-A79211

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A79209
Materials:
wood (unidentified) and complete
Measurements:
overall: 142 mm x 33 mm x 18 mm, .031 kg
type:
votive offering
credit:
Luxmore