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Object Number 2004.29.15697
Display Title Stone temple in ruins, with carvings of a dog and serpent staircase
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Java / "There are many carvings of a dog - possibly borrowed / from Chinese dog 'Foo'. The serpent staricases have / elephant trunks and are not conventional"" Printed on photograph: "De Tjandi Prambanan"
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Javanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Java
Additional Geographic Terms Prambanan
Dimensions Overall: 8.255 × 13.0175 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/8 in.)

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