Title
Portable shrine of Vishnu as Venkateshwara
Subject
Objects arriving
Description
Missionaries were not just sent out from Oxford; they also sent things back. These included collections of material created by and for indigenous religions. Such objects provided a record of what Christians had encountered and apparent proof of the triumph of the Church over what they saw as Paganism. They were in that sense both a sort of trophy and a weapon. The portable shrine of Vishnu as Venkateshwara was presented to the Ashmolean by the Church Missionary Society.
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Source
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Publisher
Museum of Oxford
Rights
Photo credit: Portable shrine of Vishnu as Venkateshwara (EAX.264)
© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Presented by the Church Missionary Society, 1952.
© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Presented by the Church Missionary Society, 1952.
Alt text
A carved and painted shrine with two small open doors and a carved figure of Vishnu within.
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