1982.345.FA Egg of Brahman (Svayambhu Lingam)

India (nation): TGN: 7000198

stone: AAT: 300011176

sculpture: AAT: 300047090

twentieth century (dates CE): AAT: 300404514

Brahma (Hindu deity): DMA

eggs (biological bodies): AAT: 300395680

fertility: AAT: 300379149

Hinduism: AAT: 300073727

lingams: AAT: 300265261

male: AAT: 300189559

phallic: AAT: 300263529

n.d.: The Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus Collection of Fertility Figures

1982: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Foundation for the Arts, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus [1]

The main source for this provenance is the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts object record, n.d., located in the Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records object file. Exceptions and supporting documentation are noted. 

[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983. 

[2] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation’s collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.

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