Stamp Print
MOA: University of British Columbia
3396/5
Stamp design, in dark blue, of Ganesh, printed on off-white paper. The elephant deity is depicted in profile, wearing a crown, holding things in three of his four hands, and sits with his feet together. He sits on a low platform with four feet. In the upper right corner is a small mouse. The paper has uneven edges.
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Iconographic Meaning
Image of the Hindu deity Ganesh. The maker described this design as a "traditional style Ganesh".
- Type of Item print
- Culture Gujarati
- Manufacturing Technique block printed
- Measurements height 22.8 cm, width 22.3 cm (overall)
- Creator Dilip Lakhmanbhai
- Previous Owner Dorothy Field
- Received from Dorothy Field
- Made in Ahmadabad
- Creation Date during 1996
- Ownership Date before October 10, 2019
- Acquisition Date on October 10, 2019
- Item Classes works on paper
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3396/0005