id:			147561
accession number:	1973.63
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Pendant in the Shape of a Fish-Tailed Elephant, 185–72 BCE. India, Shunga period (185–78 BCE). 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 BCE
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 (185–78 BCE)
technique:	gold
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Sunga
type:		Jewelry
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	"The Year in Review for 1973." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 2 (1974): 31-78.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 180, p. 79
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152513

	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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