ID: 700008405 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008405	Record Type: Movable Work

Shivalinga Cover with Five Faces (casting (object genre); unknown Indian sculptor, sixteenth century; sixteenth century)

Note: A bronze sheath presumed to serve as a sheath for a stone linga. The five faces symbolize the five elements: earth, wind, fire, ether, and water. Each of the four lower heads is adorned with two serpents, the topmost head with three, one crowning the top and having five heads.

Titles:

Shivalinga Cover with Five Faces (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

A Linga Cover with Five Faces (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

casting (object genre) [300014622] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: sixteenth century

Creator Display:

unknown Indian sculptor, sixteenth century [preferred,VP]

sculptor unknown Indian (Indian cultural designation) Extent: execution [500125241]

Locations:

Creation: Himāchal Pradesh [1001996] India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500217563] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: M.85.279.5

Display Materials: copper alloy

	copper alloy [300010942]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>)

Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 12 in. (41.91 x 31.75 x 30.48 cm)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

ceremonial objects

Specific Subjects:

	faces (animal components) [300251798]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, animal components) (AAT)

	serpents (suborder) [300250870]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Reptilia (class), Squamata (order)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Shivalinga Cover with Five Faces	........ [VP]
	........ Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002)
A Linga Cover with Five Faces	........ [VP]
	........ Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988)
	........ Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988)