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Tilak chaap or ‘pilgrim stamp': Loan 3021.4

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Tilak chaap or ‘pilgrim stamp'

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Description

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.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (2019-10-01) by Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

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Identification numbers

Accession number: Loan 3021.4
Primary reference Number: 240242
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 February 2020 Updated: Monday 16 August 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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