Head of Buddha

Unknown Sri Lankan, Sri Lankan

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19th century

Silver

Overall: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

13.15.780

Geography

Place Made: Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Provenance

Unknown collector, possibly given in the late 18th or early 19th century; catalogued, 1913.

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