footprint

Almost square large marble tablet, probably Jain, with a spout on one side for water to pour out during a purification ceremony. A pair of footprints are carved on the upper surface with a stylised padma or lotus at the centre of each, suggesting a god. There are no other attributes. Along the edge is an inscription in Devanagari script on all four sides broken only by the spout. The middle section is sunken below the surface and the footprints are made in relief. The spout is broken.

See: Jain-Neubauer, J., Feet & Footwear in Indian Culture, Bata Shoe Museum/Mapin, 2000, p. 66.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn4329
PLACE
COLLECTION
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
marble
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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