Body Stamp

67-13-6

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Chhapa
Object Number 67-13-6
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian | Hindu
Provenience India
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Technique Relief | Welded
Iconography Flowers | Footprints | Conch | Vishnu
Inscription Language Bengali Language
Description

Bronze body stamp (chhapa). Design in low linear relief inside a border of two raised lines. The designs seem floral with a conch shell and includes two footprints, and a line of writing, most likely Bengali. The footprints most likely represent Vishnu. Back has a suspension ring attached to it via five twisted ropes of bronze welded to the back of the face.

Credit Line Gift of the Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore PA, 1967

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