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Yaksha Head
Keywords: Sculpture
Stone Sculpture
Publisher: Allahabad Museum, Allahabad
Description: The stone sculpture of a Yaksa head with puffed cheeks, bulging eye and mouth stretched with the fingers as in a comic play. A similar head bearing Kusana inscription is known as Ahichchatra.
Type: Sculpture
Received From: Allahabad Museum
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Bhita, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 2nd century CE (Kushana Dynasty) |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-06T19:52:23Z |
| dc.date.available | 2021-02-06T19:52:23Z |
| dc.description | The stone sculpture of a Yaksa head with puffed cheeks, bulging eye and mouth stretched with the fingers as in a comic play. A similar head bearing Kusana inscription is known as Ahichchatra. |
| dc.format.extent | 12.7 x 16.5 cm |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | Allahabad Museum, Allahabad |
| dc.subject | Sculpture Stone Sculpture |
| dc.type | Sculpture |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AM-SCL-823 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Stone |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Bhita, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 2nd century CE (Kushana Dynasty) |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-06T19:52:23Z |
| dc.date.available | 2021-02-06T19:52:23Z |
| dc.description | The stone sculpture of a Yaksa head with puffed cheeks, bulging eye and mouth stretched with the fingers as in a comic play. A similar head bearing Kusana inscription is known as Ahichchatra. |
| dc.format.extent | 12.7 x 16.5 cm |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | Allahabad Museum, Allahabad |
| dc.subject | Sculpture Stone Sculpture |
| dc.type | Sculpture |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AM-SCL-823 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Stone |
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