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Title
Small religious statue in the palm of a hand
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of small religious statue in the palm of a hand, [s.d.]. The statue, possibly Hindu or Buddhist, can be seen at center. It is made of metal and depicts a man in a cape with a conical headpiece. The arms of the statue are bent at the elbow and are held in front of the torso. The statue rests in the open palm of a hand, which is visible at the bottom of the image. The sleeve of a shirt and of a jacket can be seen near the wrist at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
18 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m30252 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36458
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30252
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36458.jpg
Subject
Hand
Statues
Idols and images
Place
California
USA
Source
36458 [Accession number]
CHS-36458 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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