[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [The British Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm) › Religious/ritual equipment # Religious/ritual equipment Bronze spoon, used in Hindu religious ritual; the bowl decorated with lotus petals and with back-to-back peacocks; the shaft with plaited design the terminal with male deity (probably Viṣṇu) with female seated on his left knee, and serpent rearing behind (broken). - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1700–1899 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1998-0616-1](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1998-0616-1) · Pramāṇa