Head of Buddha
Unknown Sri Lankan, Sri Lankan
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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