id:			147561
accession number:	1973.63
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.63
updated:		2019-10-21 08:00:59.229000

Pendant in the Shape of a Fish-Tailed Elephant, 185-72 BC. India, Shunga Period (c. 187-78 BC). Gold; The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1973.63

title:				Pendant in the Shape of a Fish-Tailed Elephant
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creation date:			185-72 BC
creation date earliest:		185
creation date latest:		72
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	India, Shunga Period (c. 187-78 BC)
technique:	gold
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Sunga
type:		Jewelry
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digital description: 
Because of water's life-giving properties, animals such as fish and Indian elephants who love the water were considered auspicious. This composite elephant with a playfully raised trunk and a curling fish tail would have been strung as a pendant on a necklace.

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CITATIONS

	Sengupta, Arputha Rani. B<em>uddhist Jewels in Mortuary Cult: Magic Symbols.</em> Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2019.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Vol. 1, P. 144, fig. 3.39a; Mentioned: Vol. 1, P. 149
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