| Identification | |
| Name of the Museum /Institution
संग्रहालय/संस्था का नाम |
Directorate of Assam |
| Reference Number / संदर्भ संख्या | SM-DAS-AM-1402989 |
| Title/ Name of Object वस्तु का शीर्षक/नाम |
Broken head of a Vyala |
| Type of Object / वस्तु की किस्म | Sculpture - प्रतिमा |
| Dynasty /वंश | Pre-Ahom - पूर्व अहोम काल |
| Period / तारीख/युग | C. 10th 12th Cent. CE |
| Style / शैली | Old Assamese Style - प्राचीन असामी शैली |
| Provenance / उद्गम/क्षेत्र | Deoparbat, Golaghat, Assam |
| Material / सामग्री | Granite- ग्रेनाइट |
| Sub Material / उप.सामग्री | NA |
| Location at the Museum / संग्रहालय में कहा पर अवस्थित है। | Site Repository |
| State/UT राज्य/संघ राज्य क्षेत्र |
Assam |
| Measurement/Weight माप/वजन |
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| Length(cm) / लंबाई | 14.9 |
| Width(cm) / चौड़ाई | 12.6 |
| Height(cm) / ऊंचाई | . |
| Weight(gm) / भार | 2850 |
| Diameter(cm) /व्यास | . |
| Thickness(cm)/मोटाई | 10.1 |
| Depth(cm) /गहराई | . |
| Description / विवरण | |
| Description / विवरण | It is a heavily broken head of a Vyala which is carved out of a coarse-grained granite. Despite the severity of the damage, the facial features of the image remains intact. The Vyala is shown a broad nose with flaring nostrils. It has bulging eyes looking downward. A patch of curls are shown carved on the left side of the forehead presumably from the unseen mane. There is a protrusion emerging from the glabella of the image. |
| Identification Marks / पहचान चिन्ह | |
| Identification Mark Images / पहचान चिन्ह का छायाचित्र | |
| Condition / वस्तु की अवस्था | |
| Condition Description / स्थिति का विवरण | Fairly good state of preservation |
| Source | |
| From where acquired / अधिग्रहण का स्थान | Deoparbat Archaeological Site |
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