Comb with Vishnu Adored by Serpents

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Comb with Vishnu Adored by Serpents

Nepal, 1750-1800
Jewelry and Adornments; combs
Ivory with traces of paint
2 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 1/4 in. (6.99 x 7.94 x .64 cm)
Gift of Corinne and Don Whitaker (M.83.218.1)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Pal, Pratapaditya.  Elephants and Ivories in South Asia.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Nepal. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1985.