Avalokitesvara

Unknown Nepalese, Nepalese

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possibly 19th century

Bronze

Overall: 10 in. (25.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund

S.964.75

Geography

Place Made: Himalayan Region, Nepal, South Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Inscriptions

Not signed.

Course History

Religion 41.07/Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 51.06, Buddhism Sex Gender Southeast Asia, Mary Kate Long, Winter 2024

Exhibition History

Anthropology of Religion, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 48, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30-May 2, 2004.

Himalaya, University of Texas, Texas, December 6, 1963-January 5, 1964.

Publication History

Stella Kramrisch, The Art of Nepal.

Provenance

Harold C. Craig, Lebanon, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1964.

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