- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- One of series of religious objects, religious figure: Kalika amma
- Person
- Field collector Frederic James Vivian Minchin
- PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1887
- Date collected
- By 1887
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 10/1887, uncertain Transferred: 10/1887, uncertain
- Dimensions
- Width: max 110 mm, Length: max 132 mm, Height: max 181 mm, Weight 843 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1887.24.48
- Research and responses
According to the OUMNH Annual Report 1899: 6 EA Minchin worked in the Department of Comparative Anatomy [AP 9/8/2007]
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Ritual and Ceremonial, Fishing, Pottery, Ornament, Religious Object, Animal Figure, Religious Offering, Amulet, Fishing Accessory
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