Object Details
Culture
Thai
Date
unknown
Medium
Carved wood with gold paint and inlaid mica (?)
Dimensions
10 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches (26 x 14.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Sarita Hopkins Weeks, in memory of her mother, Sara Sessions Hopkins
Object
Number
81.040.063
Rows of golden images of Garuda battling serpents, like these, typically adorn Thai Buddhist temples(…)
Rows of golden images of Garuda battling serpents, like these, typically adorn Thai Buddhist temples. In this context Garuda is sometimes referred to as suparna, literally “well-winged” or “having good wings,” and serves as a guardian figure.
