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# Head

Head of a Hindu river goddes Ganga. Hollow-cast The head is hollow-cast, by the cire-perdue process, and chased. Certain details cast separately. The twisted hair-queue and the jewels, simulated in metal, on the crown, ears and below the chin are all applied.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1700–1920 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-38-1922](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-38-1922) · Pramāṇa
