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Pick-crutch (1932.89.122)
IndiaPick-crutch from India, Asia. Collected by the Maharajah of Jaipur. Transferred to the Museum from the Indian Institute in 1932.
This pick-crutch belonged to a variagi, an ascetic of the vaishnava sect. The vaishnava are devoted to Vishnu and his reincarnations, including Rama and Krishna. This example is eye-catching, with a head in the form of a brass hand gripping the ribbed pick, which takes the shape of an antelope horn at one end and a tiger's head at the other. However, it is still a lethal weapon, the hollow metal haft screwing onto a concealed dagger.