Body Stamp

29-221-26.10

From: India | Varanasi

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Chhapa
Object Number 29-221-26.10
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India | Varanasi
Period 19th Century
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Metal
Iconography Vishnu | Feet
Inscription Language Bengali Language
Description

One of a set of body stamps (chhapa) with which to print caste marks on the foreheads of a Hindu devotee each morning after praying and bathing in the ganges. Round.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 92-1-246A - Found in Collection Number | 26 - Sommerville Number

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