Hamsa

[John C. Huntington]

  Hamsa all over again!?

Fortunately, I had the hamsa pictures left up on the web

http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/Hamsa/hamsa%20index.html

As one can easily see the early sculptors certainly intended to  
portray a goose

John


John C. Huntington
     (Buddhist Art and Methodologies)
The Ohio State University





On 27 Sep 2005, at 6:52 AM, Sven Sellmer wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harsha Dehejia"  
> <harshadehejia at hotmail.com>
> To: <sellmers at GMX.DE>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:49 PM
> Subject: Hamsa
>
>
>
>> Sven:
>>
>> A hamsa is neither a swam or a duck but a mythic bird.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Harsha
>> Prof. Harsha V. Dehejia
>> Ottawa, ON. Canada
>>
>> PS Can you post this on the Indologist as I am unable to do this  
>> as I have a new computer address.
>>
>>
>