Votive offering to goddess Mata

Made:
1898-1899 in Hyderabad
Carved wooden votive offering Carved wooden votive offering

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Carved wooden votive offering
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Carved wooden votive offering
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Carved wooden votive offering, crudely executed female(?) figure with peg to fit in base, offered to Mata, Goddess of smallpox, during 1898-1899 famine, Nizam's dominions, Hyderabad, India, 1898-1899; secured to long wooden display base along with three other statues, see A79208 and A79210-A79211

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A79209
Materials:
wood (unidentified) and complete
Measurements:
overall: 142 mm x 33 mm x 18 mm, .031 kg
type:
votive offering
credit:
Luxmore