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LicenseCarved wooden votive offering
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Carved wooden votive offering, crudely executed in the form of a female(?), with peg to fit in base, offering to Mata, Goddess of smallpox, during the 1898-1899 famine, Nizam's dominions, Hyderabad, India, 1898-1899; secured to long wooden display base along with three other statues, see A79208-A79210
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A79211
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) and complete
- Measurements:
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overall: 110 mm x 29 mm x 20 mm, .032 kg
- type:
- votive offering
- credit:
- Luxmore
