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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Indian (possibly)
Title:Amulet Box
Type:Container; Adornment; Personal Equipment
Materials:Bronze
Place Made:Asia
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTION
Accession Number:  MH 1.O.I.Z
Credit Line:Ellen C. Pearsons (Class of 1863), a teacher at the seminary, 1883-1885.
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A square thin case with incised floral patterns flanking its borders on both sides as well as case edges. A four-arm standing male (?) deity in a circle decorates the recto side. A four-arm seated female (?) deity in a circle decorates the verso side, wearing pleated skirt, long scarfs and two of her hands holding lotus. Hinged on both sides, one with a small loop. The case might be wore around neck as ornament or amulet.

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+1.O.I.Z

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