Mortar
Unidentified Seljuq maker (Herāt, Afghanistan)
late 12th century or early 13th century
Bronze with copper inlay
Overall: 5 3/16 × 6 1/8 in. (13.2 × 15.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mark Lansburgh, Class of 1949
M.985.32.1
Geography
Place Made: Herāt, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Personal Gear: Ceremonial
Research Area
Asia
On view
Course History
SART 17.08, Digital Drawing, Karol Kawiaka, Fall 2020
COCO 26.01, What's in Your Toolbox?, Heidi Denzel and Mokhtar Bouba, Fall 2022
COCO 26.01, What's in Your Toolbox?, Heidi Denzel and Mokhtar Bouba, Fall 2022
Anthropology 3.01, Introduction to Anthropology, Charis Ford Morrison Boke, Summer 2023
Exhibition History
Ancient and Premodern Global Cultures, Gene Y. Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019.
Global Cultures at the Hood: Ancient to Premodern, Gene Y. Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26. 2019.
The Beauty of the Bronze: Selections from the Hood Museum of Art, Gene Y. Kim Class of 1985 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 13, 2012-March 18, 2014.
Provenance
Collected by Mark Lansburgh (1925-2013), Santa Fe, New Mexico, date unknown; given to present collection, 1985.
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