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figure, goddess

human history
  • Other Name

    Tigasampir (Bali)

  • Description

    Tigasampir or Goddess of the toilet table, a goddess made from Chinese cash

    body and head made with Chinese coins bound together, wooden hands and face attached, the face is painted pink with facial details painted on, the body is attached to wooden base

  • Place
    Bali/Indonesia
  • Accession Date
    28 May 1975
  • Other Id

    47716 (ethnology)

    B62 (Dunningham)

    1975.90 (accession number)

  • Department

    World

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  • figure, goddess, 47716, B62, 1975.90, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 11 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, goddess, 47716, B62, 1975.90, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 11 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, goddess, 47716, B62, 1975.90, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 11 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, goddess, 47716, B62, 1975.90, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 11 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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