Temple Rubbing Of Naga Attendant In Black
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. BLACK CRAYON RUBBING ON WHITE RICE PAPER HAS LINEN-COVERED MAT & BLACK WOODEN FRAME. BACK OF FRAME IS COVERED W/ BROWN KRAFT PAPER W/ BLACK HANDWRITING "R.356.75" & "86.4987." ALSO HAS LABEL "NAGA ATTENDANT, MARBLE RELIEF, INDIAN II CENTURY AD, ROGERS FUND 1933, 12-1976." THIS LABEL HAS A FAINT, BLUE STAMP "THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, ORIGINAL PROVENIENCE." FRAME EDGE HAS RESIDUE OF PACKING STICKER. SUBJECT OF RUBBING DEPICTS SLENDER MALE FIGURE W/ TOWERING HAIRDO/HEADDRESS, BARED TORSO, CLAD IN CLOSE-FITTING PANTS, & WORE NUMEROUS JEWELRIES (NECKLACES, ARM BANDS, EARRINGS, ETC.) BODY IS TURNED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT. LEFT LEG IS FORWARD HIDING PART OF RIGHT LEG. LEFT HAND RESTS ON LEFT THIGH & HOLDS A SMALL SNAKE. RIGHT HAND IS RAISED BEHIND HEAD, HOLDING SOME KIND OF STICK/STAFF. NAGA IS A TRIBE IN NORTHEAST INDIA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, India (not certain), Asia (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428131-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rubbing
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 104.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 38.5 cm
label: Height - W/ Frame
content: 2 cm