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LicenseCarved 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 figure of female(?), with peg to fit into base, offered to Mata, Goddess of smallpox, during 1898-1899 famine, Nizam's dominions, Hyderabad, India, 1898-1899; secured to long wooden display stand along with three other statues, see A79208-A79209 and A79211
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A79210
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) and complete
- Measurements:
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overall: 137 mm x 35 mm x 18 mm, .035 kg
- type:
- votive offering
- credit:
- Luxmore
