Body Stamp

29-221-26.15

From: India | Varanasi

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Chhapa
Object Number 29-221-26.15
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian | Hindu
Provenience India | Varanasi
Period 19th Century
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Metal
Iconography Vishnu | Feet
Inscription Language Bengali Language
Description

One of a set of body stamps (chhapa) with which to print caste marks on the foreheads of a Hindu devotee each morning after praying and bathing in the ganges. Shaped in the design of two feet in honor of Vishnu. Filigree design.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 92-1-253 - Found in Collection Number | 26 - Sommerville Number

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