Ring

29-221-6

From: India | Darjeeling

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-221-6
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience India | Darjeeling
Section Asian
Materials Brass
Inscription Language Sanskrit
Description

Brass ring with wide flat band with raised oval design. Inscription: काली (Kali). Collectors note reads: "Sri Kalee in Dev Nagri - Dousandup - Darjeeling 16-1-1895 - translation - Sacred Kalee (goddess) Dousandup." Dousand Up was a monk who later helped Alexander Scott with his collection.

Height 2.2 cm
Length 1.9 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 6 - Sommerville Number

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