Kadamattom

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - Vritra?

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 15966KAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. George
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Country Name: India
Location: Kerala
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Indo-Portuguese
Font Notes:
Noted in Carita (2009) as an elaborate example of the baptismal fonts of the 16th-17th century Indo-Portuguese period/style, decorated with dragons which Carita (ibid.) relates to the Hindu myth of the dragon Vritra. [cf. Index entries for Kanjoor and Kuruppampady for other examples of this font type]

COORDINATES

UTM: 43P 664224 1103302

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Carita, Helder, Indo-Portuguese architecture in Cochin and Kerala, New Delhi: Transbooks.com, 2009