Ritual Container

Object Details

• Provenance

  Between 1984 and 1985-1986

  The Indian Advisory Committee for the Festival of India and the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Government of India, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  From 1986

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of the Indian Advisory Committee for the Festival of India and the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Government of India [2]

  Notes:

  [1] This object was included in the exhibition, “Aditi: A Celebration of Life,” June 4-July 28, 1985, at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. The exhibition was organized for the Government of India’s “Festival of India, 1985-1986” in the United States. The exhibition was included as a part of the Smithsonian Institution’s “Festival of American Folklife,” June 26-30, 1985/July 3-7, 1985.

  [2] See “Deed of Gift to the Arthur M. Sacker Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution,” dated October 13, 1986, copy in object file.

  Research updated October 3, 2023

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Indian Advisory Committee for the Festival of India

• Origin

  Rajasthan state, India

• Credit Line

  Gift of the Indian Advisory Committee for the Festival of India and the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Government of India

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1980s

• Name

  Indian Advisory Committee for the Festival of India

• Place

  Rajasthan state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Contemporary Art, Art, Animals, Pottery, Ceramics, Elephants

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)