South Asian Art

Indian, Chhattisgarh, Former Princely State of Surguja   (19th-20th century)

Howdah

ca. 1870 - 1920


silver, gilded silver, wood, velvet, glass, paint

howdah:  26 x 57½ x 40½ in
              66.04 x 146.05 x 102.87 cm
parasol:  47½ x 13 in, furled
              120.65 x 33.02 cm

Robert A. and Ruth W. Fisher Fund
2004.17 a-b

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