Model
Model in blackened steatite of a Jain Temple in Kathiawar, Gujarat, Bombay Presidency, 19th century.
Object details
Object type | |
Materials and techniques | Blackened steatite. Repaired and portions missing. |
Brief description | Jain Temple; Architecture, steatite, carved, Kathiawar, Gujarat, 19th century. |
Physical description | Model in blackened steatite of a Jain Temple in Kathiawar, Gujarat, Bombay Presidency, 19th century. |
Credit line | Given by Mrs A.M. Crawley-Boevey, 24 Sloane Court, London, S.W |
Object history | Given by Mrs Crawley-Boevey, widow of Arthur William Crawley-Boevey (1845-1913). His collection of Indian artefacts, of which 83 objects were donated to the Museum, was made while he was serving as Senior Collector and Magistrate in the Bombay Civil Service in the District of Dharwar, in the former Bombay Presidency, 1891-92. Since Independence Dharwar has been known as Dharwad and is in the State of Karnataka. Mr Crawley-Boevey was talukdari settlement officer for Gujarat in 1879. |
Collection | |
Accession number | IM.8-1914 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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