Mirror handle with a figure of a yaksha, or nature spirit
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Title
Mirror handle with a figure of a yaksha, or nature spirit
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Associated place
north India (place of creation)Kaushambi district (probable) (probable place of creation) -
Date
1st century BC - 1st century AD (100 BC - AD 100) -
Material and technique
bone
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Object type
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Dimensions
10.5 x 3.4 x 2 cm max. (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Eric North Bequest Fund, 1991.
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Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600 -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA1991.54
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Glossary of terms
yaksha
Further reading
Ahuja, Naman, Art and Archaeology of Ancient India: Earliest Times to the Sixth Century (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2018), no. 88
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