Head of the Buddha
Unidentified Mathura School, Kushan Dynasty maker
144-241
Gray schist
Overall: 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Anonymous gift in honor of D. H. Beskind, Class of 1936
S.960.105.1
Geography
Place Made: Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
Period
1-500
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
ASCL 51.06/REL 41.07, Buddhism Sex, Gender in South East Asia, Sara Swenson, Spring 2022
HIST 96.01, Colonialism and Culture in Asia and Africa, Douglas Haynes, Spring 2022
REL 43.01, Buddhism in America, Reiko Ohnuma, Spring 2022
Provenance
Anonymous donor; given to present collection, 1960.
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