Keywords: Thai - Hunchback - Walters 2557.jpg The rotund figure invites handling but its function is not known- water dropper rattle and chess man are amond the suggestions The full body the division between belly and chest and the lively shaping of eyes and mouth are features that invite a comparision with the great mythical birds the Garudas found on Cambodian lintels of the late 6th and early 7th centuries In an early Dvaravati sculpture a Garuda of this type supports a figure of the standing Buddha century 7 Dvaravati terracotta cm 7 3 4 7 4 8 accession number 25 57 15442 Alexander B Griswold under the auspices of the Breezewood Foundation inv no 120A Monkton Walters Art Museum Gift of the Breezewood Foundation 1979 none place of origin Thailand Walters Art Museum license Thai sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Art of Ancient Thailand 7th-century chess |