Sectarian Stamp
ca. 19th century (made)
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Brass sectarial stamp representing 'chakra' or discus normally applied to imprint auspicious symbols on the bodies of the devotees using either sandalwood paste or 'gopichandan', a chalky clay paste. 'Chakra' is an attribute of Vishnu. The followers of Chaitanya imprint invocations to Vishnu and other auspicious symbols on their bodies as a part of their daily rituals.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Cast brass |
| Brief description | Ritual, brass, Bengal, C19 |
| Physical description | Brass sectarial stamp representing 'chakra' or discus normally applied to imprint auspicious symbols on the bodies of the devotees using either sandalwood paste or 'gopichandan', a chalky clay paste. 'Chakra' is an attribute of Vishnu. The followers of Chaitanya imprint invocations to Vishnu and other auspicious symbols on their bodies as a part of their daily rituals. |
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| Object history | An anonymus gift |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
p.62 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.73D-1957 |
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| Record created | January 13, 2005 |
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