Weight
48-2-22
From: Burma
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Hintha Alay |
| Object Number | 48-2-22 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Burmese |
| Provenience | Burma |
| Period | Konbaung Dynasty |
| Date Made | Late 18th Century - Early 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Technique | Lost Wax Casting |
| Iconography | Hintha |
| Description | A 25 tical/kyat(?) weight in the form of a hintha(Burmese), or hamsa with curved beak standing on a hexagonal base. One knob on head. Tail in V shape. An indistinct six ray star impression on right front of base. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number | L-2-318 - Old Loan Number | 166 - Other Number |
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