Tilak chaap or ‘pilgrim stamp'
Tilak chaap or ‘pilgrim stamp’ used by devotees of Vishnu to mark chakra points on their bodies with sandalwood. Traces of sandal paste still in open work.
India
Tilak chaap or ‘pilgrim stamp’ used by devotees of Vishnu to mark chakra points on their bodies with sandalwood.
Method of acquisition: Loan (2019-10-01) by Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge
Accession number: Loan 3021.4
Primary reference Number: 240242
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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