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A gilt-copper elephant head ornament (nettipattam) South India, 19th Century

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A gilt-copper elephant head ornament (nettipattam) South India, 19th Century

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A gilt-copper elephant head ornament (nettipattam)
South India, 19th Century
of tapering form, the cotton ground decorated with applied gilt-copper crescent and circle elements with a central lobed element, the interstices with smaller elements, with a tassel fringe and pendant gilt-copper element
190 x 104 cm. including tassels
Footnotes:
Provenance
The Mohammed Khalil Collection.

Published
M. K. Ibrahim, Islamic Arms and Armour, Vol. II, United Arab Emirates, 2022, p. 805, cat. no. 659.

Nettipattam is an ornament used in Kerala to adorn the forehead of temple elephants during festivals. According to tradition, Brahma was the first divinity to create a forehead embellishment for Indra's white war elephant, Airavata. The large circular elements represent different deities, whilst the lobed central element represents the trinity, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The crescents represent the heavenly bodies whilst the ground of small circular elements represents the stars.
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A gilt-copper elephant head ornament (nettipattam) South India, 19th Century

Name: A gilt-copper elephant head ornament (nettipattam) South India, 19th Century
SKU: 177352734
Price: 14000 GBP
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