Repousse Image Of The Goddess Tara
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Slusser
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Mary Slusser
notes: label: Notes
content: SEATED AND DISPLAYING THE "MUDRAS" OF FEAR NOT ("ABHAYA") AND GIVING ("VARADA"); NEPAL. A "FOLK" PIECE, EXAMPLE OF NEPALI REPOUSSE WORK. IN THIS EXAMPLE THE IMAGEIS MADE IN TWO SECTIONS, BACK AND FRONT, AND THEN SOLDEREDTOGETHER. IT BEARS A SHORT NEWARI LANGUAGE INSCRIPTION. STYLISTICALLY THE IMAGE CAN PROBABLY BE DATED BETWEEN THE 17TH & 18TH CENTURIES.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nepal, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nepalese (Nepali)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 359395
label: USNM Number
content: E423228-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 14 cm