ID: 700008402 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008402	Record Type: Movable Work

A Processional Image (casting (object genre); unknown Indian sculptor, ca. 1400; ca. 1400)

Note: Brass object from Himachal Pradesh where it is called a 'mohra.' In the form of a bust, this object would have been used in processions during festivals. The sex of the figure is ambiguous and may be deliberately androgenous.

Titles:

A Processional Image (preferred,C,U,RP,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: ca. 1400

Creator Display:

unknown Indian sculptor, ca. 1400 [preferred,VP]

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

Locations:

Himāchal Pradesh [1001996] (Geographic)

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

Repository Numbers: M.86.225.1

Display Materials: brass

	brass (alloy) [300010946]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

	lost-wax process [300053113]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity), casting (process))

Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 7 x 2 3/8 in. (26.04 x 17.78 x 6.03 cm)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	bust (general, figure) [300047457]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (AAT)

	crown (headdress) [300046020]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, <accessories by location on the head>, headgear, headdresses) (AAT)

	deity [300343850]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
A Processional Image	........ [VP]
	........ Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002)
	........ Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988)

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

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