Context (Field collection)
Collected by Dr Mark Elliot, Senior Curator for Anthropology (Asia, Africa and Europe) at MAA. Object given to Mark Elliott by its maker Bhupendra Baghel on 2 April 2016.
Event Date 21/12/2016
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
Bell metal statuette of Ganesh.
Event Date 21/12/2016
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Display)
'Another India: Explorations and Expressions of Indigenous South Asia' 07/03/2017 - 22/04/2018 MAA exhibition label text reads:

Humans, animals & gods

The objects in this case present the variety of metal
sculptures that do not immediately appear to fit in
to conventions of Hindu or Buddhist iconography. Several are profoundly ambiguous, with a mixture of styles, or have been so worn by weathering or handling that they are unreadable.

16. Ganesh the drummer

The head-dress and coiled ears are characteristic of gadwakam sculpture; the elongated torso and eyes are typical in figures of gods. This was cast on Saturday 1 April 2016.

Made by Bhupendra Baghel, 2016 Collected by Mark Elliott 2016.214

Event Date 22/3/2017
Author: Remke Velden

Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2017.2 | Another India: Explorations and Expressions of Indigenous South Asia
Event Date 8/3/2017
Author: Remke Velden