Weight

48-2-22

From: Burma

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Hintha Alay
Object Number 48-2-22
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Burmese
Provenience Burma
Period Konbaung Dynasty
Date Made Late 18th Century - Early 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Technique Lost Wax Casting
Iconography Hintha
Description

A 25 tical/kyat(?) weight in the form of a hintha(Burmese), or hamsa with curved beak standing on a hexagonal base. One knob on head. Tail in V shape. An indistinct six ray star impression on right front of base.

Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number L-2-318 - Old Loan Number | 166 - Other Number

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