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Tympanum with Frolicking Monkeyslate 19th or early 20th century

Not on view
Carved wood relief sculpture in a diagonal triangular form, painted cream-white, with stacked demon or deity figures intertwined around a serpentine body, terminating in a fish-tail shape at lower right
Carved and painted wooden architectural fragment with multiple dynamic figures, including a rearing animal and human or deity forms with elaborate headdresses, arranged in a diagonal diagonal composition; traces of polychrome pigment visible on the relief surface.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Tympanum with Frolicking Monkeys
Place Made
Laos or Northern Thailand
Date Made
late 19th or early 20th century
Medium
Wood with paint
Dimensions
Height: 77 in. (195.58 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Stolper
Accession Number
M.75.30.2a-b
Classification
Architecture
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art