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A brightly coloured puppet of Matsya, an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu. It shows him upright with the tail of a fish. He has 4 arms, two pointing down with palms open and two up in a flexing position. He is wearing pink with lots of jewellery and has blue skin.

    In Hinduism, Vishnu is one of the three principal deities known collectively as the Trimurti, which includes Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva...

    This shows a dark wood chest with short thin legs and ornate features and carving throughout.

      Woodcarving is one of Indonesia’s most widespread crafts, but styles of woodcarving are varied. As an archipelago of around 17,500 islands and home to more...

      A vertical wooden prayer board. It is made of dark wood and you can see lighter patches where people have knelt and it is worn down. It is a rectangle with a rounded pointed part on the rop. There is some ornate carving in the top bit.

        The Swat Valley is a mountainous district of northern Pakistan that has ideal growing conditions for the Himalayan Cedar tree, which provides the region with...

        An intricate embellished child's waistcoat on a bust. It is red white and black in colour with lots of patterns, buttons, beadwork and stitching pattern throughout.

          This display case tells the remarkable story of how The South Asia Collection began with a journey by our lead Trustees, Philip and Jeannie Millward, in...

            From the 1760s, European civilians, soldiers and professional artists recorded what they were seeing whilst travelling in South Asia, mostly, in the service of corporations...

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