Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Lechmere-Oertel, F.O.
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Amendments / updates)
Allocated .1-.6 on 15 12 2015 for purposes of documentation (recording dimensions and photographing).
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Related Documents)
Card Catalogue reads: 'Six brass deity figures. ?Penates'.
Event Date 1930
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Analysis)
Taken for conservation in November 1995 (lab. no. 1993.101) and returned to store in May 1995.
Event Date 3/5/1995
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy figure of the Hindu deity Shiva. The figure is stood on top of a square base. His hands are held in front of him in a prayer position with a ?staff circular object held in the crook of the p. left arm. A snake is wrapped around the neck of the figure and there are large, circular earrings in the ears.
Event Date 1/10/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin