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Palanquin Hook with Horse and Elephant   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Cambodian (?)

Thai (?)
Title
Palanquin Hook with Horse and Elephant
Description
English: Because hooks like this are shown in relief sculptures, we know how they were used. They were slipped over a curved pole carried by two men, and from the hooks a hammock was suspended. Perhaps the lion-headed figure is an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu destroying an enemy.
Date 13th century or later
Medium bronze with internal iron ring
Dimensions 25.4 × 9.6 × 16.5 cm (10 × 3.7 × 6.5 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
54.2960
Place of creation Thailand (?)
Object history
  • Professor and Mrs. Samuel Eilenberg, New York, 1963, by purchase
  • Mrs. Natasha Eilenberg, Cornwall Bridge, CT,1969
  • 2000: given to Walters Art Museum
Credit line Gift of Natasha Eilenberg in memory of Professor Jean Boisselier, 2000
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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