Small Brass Beetle

Unknown Indian, Indian

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collected about 1922

Cast brass

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert L. Ripley, Class of 1939H

40.15.12606

Geography

Place Made: Varanasi, India, South Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Figure

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Provenance

Purported to have been in the collection of the Maharaja of Patiala; collected by Robert L. (born LeRoy Robert) Ripley (1890-1949), Mamaroneck, New York, early 20th century (The Ripley's Believe It or Not Collection); given to present collection, 1940.

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