Record

Collection	ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Name	Carving
	Trinket
	Figure Group
Object Number	ABDUA:85729
Other Number	C233+10?
Other Number Type	Old Number
Creator	S04Hc6
Brief Description	Carving in ivory of an elephant with two figures seated upon a saddle and one figure riding the elephant. The figures appear to be on a hunt, as the rider is wealding a spear and the figures in the saddle are holding rifles. The figures are mounted upon a rectangular base. The base has two holes at the front, below the spear which the rider is holding, there was possibly a figure of an animal in this space in the past (a tiger/ leopard).
Dimensions	L: 86 x W: 50 x H: 130mm
Materials	Ivory, wood
Condition	Fair
Completeness	Incomplete
Technique	carved
Place Key	Asia, India, Bihar, Tirhut Division (Formerly Bengal, Tirhoot)
Field Collector	Macrae, Archibald McDougal Mr
Object History Note	Previously catalogued as ABDUA:84034, however number already used for published mummy linens/ papyrus so retrospectively changed. 10/05/2022. H. Clarke.
Inscription Content	On base written in ink '25, 27, 53, 3'.
Aquisition Source	Mellis, William Mrs, (33 Queen's Road, Aberdeen)

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