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Dhodro Banam Santal (?), Eastern India

Fig. 6: Dhodro Banam Santal (?), Eastern India:
H. 80 cm.
Private collection, Germany

The carved finial of this example bears two human figures, the inner arms raised, the outer resting on sticks. The ornamentation is unobtrusive. An almost identical twin piece bears figures without sticks.