Cap
Idol
29-64-157
From: India | Mathura (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-64-157 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India | Mathura (uncertain) |
| Date Made | 1700-1918 CE |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Technique | Cast | Chased | Incised |
| Iconography | Camel | Horse | Horned Animal | Mythological Animals | Flowers |
| Description | Bronze cap for idol. Flat fan-like crest of beautiful pierced work rising from a cup-like metal cap. Called a makat, or crest. 'Old Mathura work.' |
| Height | 19.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Alexander Scott Expedition to India, 1915-1918 |
| Other Number | CG2016-1-161 - Found in Collection Number |
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