Avalokitesvara
Unknown Nepalese, Nepalese
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.
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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