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Indian hair-drying fork, antelope pattern (2)
Asia
India
Width : 1 inch
Height : 9 1/2 inch
Depth : 1 3/4 inch
Brass hair-drying fork portraying an antelope, its horn forming the two prongs. Probably from the southern provinces of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Technique of lost wax casting (cire perdue) and pleasing patina.