Figure of Ganesha
Unknown Indian, Indian
not dated
Soapstone
Overall: 1 15/16 × 1 3/8 × 3/8 in. (5 × 3.5 × 1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly
22.8.4188
Geography
Place Made: India, South Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts, early 1900's; given to the present collection, 1922.
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