Figurine

29-130-173

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-130-173
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience India
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Technique Painted
Iconography Cobra
Description

Painted cobra snake made of wood rearing and showing its hood. The back has brownish orange scales with a black and white spectacle shaped mark on the hood. The belly is yellow and lined with two black marks on the underside of the hood. The body is coiled in a figure eight pattern.

Height 26.04 cm
Width 27.94 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number CG2016-10-69 - Found in Collection Number

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