Base for sculpture

Details

• Title

  Base for sculpture

• Artist/maker

  probably Burmese convicts in Port Blair, Andaman Islands (active late 19th - early 20th century) (carver)

• Associated people

  probably Sir Richard Carnac Temple (1850 - 1931) (commissioner)

• Associated place

  Asia › India › Andaman and Nicobar islands › South Andaman › Port Blair (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1895 - 1904

• Material and technique

  wood, carved

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › stand › base;

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  excluding metal brackets 54 x 47 x 3 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Indian Institute, University of Oxford.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.7283.ag

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