- Title:
- Owl
- Object name(s):
- Figure
- Brief description:
- An owl carved out of wood and painted. In Bengal owl is considered as the vehicle of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and good fortune. The application of this particular figure is unknown.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Sculpture
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2020MN3375/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 18
- Material:
- Wood
- Material:
- paint
- Object history note:
- A gift
- Object name:
- Figure
- Object number:
- IS.130-1952
- Object production date:
- c.1940
- Date - association:
- Made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1940-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1940-12-31
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Object production place:
- Birbhum District
- Place association:
- Made
- Physical description:
- An owl carved out of wood and painted. In Bengal owl is considered as the vehicle of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and good fortune. The application of this particular figure is unknown.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN3375
- Responsible department/section:
- SSEA
- Technique:
- carved
- Technique:
- painted
- Technique:
- Painted wood
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Mookerjee, A., Folk Art of Bengal, Calcutta 1939, pl. XI.
- User's reference:
- Reference details:
- p.61
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/446ba5ac-993f-3485-9771-b7d327f90bb3
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/446ba5ac-993f-3485-9771-b7d327f90bb3, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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