ID: 700008388 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008388	Record Type: Movable Work

A Head of Hanuman (carving (visual work); unknown Uttar Pradesh, twelfth century or later ; twelfth century or later; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles c...; M.86.338.8)

Note: The upper part of a sculpture of the monkey-god Hanuman, with one hand raised to the top of his conical crown. A Brahmi inscription praises the god. Paleography indicates a twelfth century or later date.

Titles:

A Head of Hanuman (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

carving (visual work) [300047203] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: twelfth century or later

Creator Display:

unknown Uttar Pradesh, twelfth century or later [preferred,VP]

creator unknown Indian (Indian cultural designation) [500125241]

Locations:

Creation: Uttar Pradesh [7016722] India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

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

Repository Numbers: M.86.338.8

Display Materials: sandstone

	sandstone [300011376]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>)

Dimensions: 15 inches (38 cm)

Cultures:

Indian (preferred)

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	monkey (animal) [300250028]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Primates (order)) (AAT)

	Hanuman [901000852]
	.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Provenance: Gift of Neil Kreitman.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
A Head of Hanuman	........ [VP]
	........ Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988)

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

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