Object Title
Anthropomorph
Measurements
24 in H x 16 1/2 in W
Creation Date
ca. 2500 - 1000 BC
Credit Line
Gift of Terence McInerney in honor of Dr. Joseph M. Dye III
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
VMFA\2012-136a-o_or_v1.jpg
Provenance Information
By 1980: Samuel Eilenberg, New York; Circa 1980-2012: Terence McInerney, New York (Accession Date: September 20, 2012)
Exhibition Information
No information available.
Publication Information
No information available.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This work has a provenance established to 1980. The object filled a crucial gap in VMFA’s collection, which heretofore contained no protohistoric metalwork. It also significantly extended the chronology of VMFA’s presentation of South Asian art with an example extraordinary for its scale. VMFA decided to make an exception to the AAMD guidelines in order to bring this object into a free, publicly accessible, educational institution, where it could be studied, displayed, and publicized.