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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Votive Lingam
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Votive Lingam

Artist Indian
Date20th century
Made/manufacturedIndia, Asia
MediumBlackened steatite
Dimensions2 15/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 13/16 in. (7.5 x 6 x 4.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Thomas J. Needham
Object number1990.8.7
Collections
Descriptionblack; in the shape of a cinched cylinder with a ring circumventing the middle; tall elongated knob extends up from the top; incised line on the flat surface of the top surrounds the knob, but begins and ends on a small spout off the side
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