Title
A ceremonial elephant head cover
Year/Period
20th century
Region
South India, Kerala
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 401 x 77.5 x 10 cm Measurement includes textile and ropes.,
Object size: 263.5 x 77.5 x 10 cm Main part with rope(excluding the blank textile),
Object size: 165 x 95 x 10 cm Main part(excluding the blank textile and ropes.)
Object size: 263.5 x 77.5 x 10 cm Main part with rope(excluding the blank textile),
Object size: 165 x 95 x 10 cm Main part(excluding the blank textile and ropes.)
Accession No.
2012-00579
Collection of
The triangular-shaped head and trunk cover is created with a vertical series of gold-coloured metal crescents surrounded by hemispheres and surmounted by a small ‘torso’, possibly suggesting the portly body of Ganesh, the elephant headed god, all applied onto a red cotton ground, with looped coloured yarn surround. The style is typical of elephant caparisons used throughout Kerala in the late 19th and 20th centuries for celebration.
