Tiger Bhuta
Artist
Unknown
CultureIndian
Titles
- Tiger Bhuta
Date17th century
MediumBrass
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/8 × 6 1/8 × 4 1/2 in. (33.3 × 15.6 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment
Object number2024.558
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
106M Lovett Gallery
On view
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Department
Asian ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryPartial list:
Unknown India: Ritual Art in Tribe and Village, Philadelphia Museum of Art 1968
Stuart Cary Welch, India: Art and Culture 1300-1900, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1985
Brian A. Dursum, Change and Continuity: Folk and Tribal Art of India, Lowe Art Museum University of Miami, Coral Gables, 2004
Published References Stella Kramrisch, Unknown India: Ritual Art in Tribe and Village, Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition catalogue, Philadelphia, 1968, pl. XXII, no. 89 Stuart Cary Welch, India: Art and Culture 1300-1900, Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition catalogue, New York, 1985, p. 98, fig. 51 Brian A. Dursum, Change and Continuity: Folk and Tribal Art of India, Lowe Art Museum exhibition catalogue, University of Miami, Coral Gables, 2004, p. 27, no. 35 Sasha Altaf, “Leo Figiel: A Passion for Sharing,” Marg Magazine, Vol. 56, No. 3, 2005, p. 67 Leo Figiel, Ritual Bronzes of Maharashtra and Karnataka Including the Bhuta Region, Boynton Beach, 2007, p. 173, fig. 19-184 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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