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Nov 23, 2004
Jul 9, 2012
Pendant in the Shape of a Fish-Tailed Elephant
Pendant in the Shape of a Fish-Tailed Elephant
185–72 BCE
India, Shunga period
(185–78 BCE)
Gold
John L. Severance Fund 1973.63
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Because of water's life-giving properties, animals such as fish and Indian elephants who love the water were considered auspicious. This composite elephant with a playfully raised trunk and a curling fish tail would have been strung as a pendant on a necklace.
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