id: 153608
accession number: 1987.14.1
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Naga Finial, 1100s. Cambodia, Angkor Wat Period, 12th century. Bronze; overall: 29.2 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm (11 1/2 x 6 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1987.14.1
title: Naga Finial
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creation date: 1100s
creation date earliest: 1100
creation date latest: 1199
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creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: Cambodia, Angkor Wat Period, 12th century
technique: bronze
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Cambodian Art
type: Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 29.2 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm (11 1/2 x 6 x 6 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar
opening date: 2017-10-14T04:00:00
Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 14, 2017-March 25, 2018).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/14/2017-01/07/2018): “Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar”
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PROVENANCE
(Natasha Eilenberg, Cornwall, CT, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1987
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1987–
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When members of the royal family or priesthood traveled in a public festival procession or to a temple like Banteay Chhmar to make offerings or participate in a ceremony, they would be carried in a palanquin, or a covered litter. Portable objects of veneration, such as bronze images or a sacred fire, were also carried on palanquins. The palanquins had wooden poles, hanging seats or raised platforms, and bronze fittings cast in intricate forms and gilt, lending the palanquins a sumptuous quality.
The royal palanquins were typically fitted with multiheaded, serpent-shaped finials at the ends of the poles and corners of the elevated platforms.
Naga means serpent in Sanskrit, a language from India selectively appropriated by the Khmer in Cambodia. In their own indigenous mythology, the Khmer people trace their descent from a naga princess and a prince from the island of Java who journeyed to Cambodia. The naga remains a potent emblem for the Khmer nation to this day; it is ubiquitous on Cambodian monuments.
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