Accession No
Z 20358 B
Description
Copper alloy, ?brass, figure of a seated monkey holding a sceptre or club in the p. left hand and an orb in the p. right hand.
Place
Asia; South Asia; India
Period
Source
Bendall, Cecil (Professor) [collector]; Bendall, Georgette (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 20358 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Brass
Local Term
Measurements
20mm x 46mm x 27mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Hand written paper label attached with string reads: 'Z 20358 B INDIA. NO PROVE. SEATED MONKEY (on the reverse of the label) - 4.B.10 SIZE 6'
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin
Description (Physical description)
B) 'brass, seated monkey holding sceptre & orbe'.
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin
Context (Other owners)
Collected by: ?Bendall in ?- - 1894
Event Date 1894
Author: ashleigh griffin
Context (Related Documents)
'Catalogue card for Z 20358 A-B reads:
'A. Begging hare - ears missing ("1907 India / 1884, Mrs Bendall) (soft white metal) /
B. Seated monkey holding sceptre & orbe / Hanuman? (Brass.)' [27 04 2016 O Maguire]'
Event Date 27/4/2016
Author: ashleigh griffin
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy, ?brass, figure of a seated monkey holding a sceptre or club in the p. left hand and an orb in the p. right hand. There is trace evidence of a red pigment on the face, upper body and hands of the figure'.
Event Date 24/9/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin
FM:281576
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