Five South Asian betel nut cutters

Five South Asian betel nut cutters

India and Sri Lanka

brass and steel, including a Deccan hamsa, mythological goose, 12.2cm long, a Tamil Nadu embracing lovers, 15cm long, a deer, 19.5cm long, and two vandun giraya (worship cutters) with a human head and extended hands, the smaller with feet, 15.5cm and 21cm long. (5)

Provenance

Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London.