Sculptural Hand
| Place of origin |
Fragment of a carved hand and wrist, probably of a bodhisattva. It is a right hand, with the palm held outwards in an abhaya mudra. The interstices between the digits are all webbed. The top of the thumb is missing as are the tops of the two smaller fingers. There are two bracelets with heavy links at the wrist.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Carved schist |
| Brief description | Fragmentary hand, sculpture, schist |
| Physical description | Fragment of a carved hand and wrist, probably of a bodhisattva. It is a right hand, with the palm held outwards in an abhaya mudra. The interstices between the digits are all webbed. The top of the thumb is missing as are the tops of the two smaller fingers. There are two bracelets with heavy links at the wrist. |
| Style | |
| Object history | Acquired from Evert Barger, Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Bristol and Philip Wright, V&A Museum, as part of the collection of finds excavated during their expedition to the Swat valley in 1938. This is no. 89 in Barger's lists. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Barger, E. and Wright, P., ‘Excavations in Swat and Explorations in the Oxus Territories of Afghanistan, a detailed report of the 1938 expedition’, Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India, vol. 64, Calcutta, 1941 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.104-1939 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
| Record URL |
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest
