Stand for a Ritual Conch Shell
A conch shell-either real (with metal fittings) or made of bronze-held sacred water that could be poured over an image or a person. The central deity on the stand is Hevajra, who is a mystical saying given bodily form: "Hail vajra!" or "Hail, cudgel that is the symbol of ultim...
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11852
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New Road, Bangkok, prior to August 1949; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, August 1949, by purchase [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, November 1956, inv. no. 422]; Walters Art Museum, 1979, by gift.
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en
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1
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_54.2536_Fnt_UK.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_54.2536_Fnt_UK.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_54.2536_Fnt_UK.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2536 |
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