The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for Ritual Ewer with Manasa, the Snake Goddess, accession 1987.142.340, in the Asian Art department. Read as part of a 2026-08-28 divinity depth pass filling artwork entities the atlas had minted with a description and cross-references but no properties of their own.
Facts
Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38944
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned ewer, the strongest available record for its date, culture and accession number, whose own title names the subject outright. Connections
Associated With
Bihar, Regions This source names Bihar directly: "a bronze vessel probably from Bihar, India, 10th century, given by Samuel Eilenberg in 1987."
Source Ritual Ewer with Manasa, the Snake Goddess, accession 1987.142.340 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
This source names Manasa directly: "API record for "Ritual Ewer with Manasa, the Snake Goddess," a bronze vessel probably from Bihar, India, 10th century, given by Samuel Eilenberg in 1987."
Source Ritual Ewer with Manasa, the Snake Goddess, accession 1987.142.340 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Sources
Ritual Ewer with Manasa, the Snake Goddess, accession 1987.142.340 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Claims Backed By This Source (30 claims)
This source backs 30 claims across the atlas. As facts: 21 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 23 claims: 16 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
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