Manasā (Mansā Devi)
Unknown Indian, Indian
19th century
Paint on board
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Professor Erville Bartlett Woods
45.14.9295
Geography
Place Made: India, South Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Course History
ASCL 51.06/REL 41.07, Buddhism Sex, Gender in South East Asia, Sara Swenson, Spring 2022
HIST 96.01, Colonialism and Culture in Asia and Africa, Douglas Haynes, Spring 2022
REL 43.01, Buddhism in America, Reiko Ohnuma, Spring 2022
HIST 90.15/ASCL 54.12, Early Modern India, 1500-1800, Tiraana Bains, Fall 2022
History 90.14, The Global British Empire, Tiraana Bains, Winter 2023
History 90.14, The Global British Empire, Tiraana Bains, Winter 2023
Provenance
Probably collected by Professor Charles Henry Hawes (1867-1943); to Professor Erville Bartlett Woods (1878-1959); given to present collection 1945.
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