File:Clevelandart 1973.63.jpg
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[edit]Pendant in the Shape of a Fish-Tailed Elephant
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Pendant in the Shape of a Fish-Tailed Elephant |
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pendant / jewelry  |
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| Description |
Because of water's is life-giving properties, animals such as fish and Indian elephants who love the water were considered auspicious. This composite elephant with playfully raised trunk and a curling fish tail would have been strung as a pendant on a necklace. |
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| Date | -185 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Gold | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indian and South East Asian Art |
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1973.63 |
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| Place of creation | India, Shunga Period (c. 187-78 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | John L. Severance Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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