Body Stamp

29-221-26.1

From: India | Varanasi

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Chhapa
Object Number 29-221-26.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India | Varanasi
Period 19th Century
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Metal
Inscription Language Bengali Language
Description

One of a set of body stamps (chhapa) with which to print sectarian marks on the foreheads and other parts of the body of a Hindu devotee each morning after bathing. Heart shaped in Bengali script in the center.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 92-1-260 - Found in Collection Number | 26 - Sommerville Number

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