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Take a quick virtual tour of the Indian Museum on International Museum Day

An exhibition titled ‘The Power of Museums; Rare Treasures From the Collection of Indian Museum’ is being held to celebrate International Museum Week 2022

My Kolkata Web Desk Published 18.05.22, 09:51 PM
A goblet, made out of emerald, used by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to drink wine, was on display at the Indian Museum on the occasion of International Museum Day, on Wednesday
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A goblet, made out of emerald, used by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to drink wine, was on display at the Indian Museum on the occasion of International Museum Day, on Wednesday

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The wine goblet is donned with gold and encrusted with rubies around the brim, on the handles, and the base
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The wine goblet is donned with gold and encrusted with rubies around the brim, on the handles, and the base

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Emperor Shah Jahan’s emerald ring on display on Wednesday. This ring was an instrument to facilitate using a bow and arrow
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Emperor Shah Jahan’s emerald ring on display on Wednesday. This ring was an instrument to facilitate using a bow and arrow

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A visitor looks closely at the wine goblet and the ring
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A visitor looks closely at the wine goblet and the ring

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A ‘kapala’ or skull cap made of a human skull, copper and blue stone. The artefact was used as a bowl in religious ceremonies
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A ‘kapala’ or skull cap made of a human skull, copper and blue stone. The artefact was used as a bowl in religious ceremonies

Amit Datta/My Kolkata
A 20th-century trumpet made out of human bone and leather. The instrument, which was excavated in Ladakh, Tibet, was used for religious rituals at temples
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A 20th-century trumpet made out of human bone and leather. The instrument, which was excavated in Ladakh, Tibet, was used for religious rituals at temples

Amit Datta/My Kolkata
A fifth-century terracotta stele on display at the Indian Museum
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A fifth-century terracotta stele on display at the Indian Museum

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An 18th-century bronze candlestick in the form of a ‘kinnari’
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An 18th-century bronze candlestick in the form of a ‘kinnari’

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Visitors near the bronze candlestick
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Visitors near the bronze candlestick

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A visitor looks at the Harappan human figurines on display at the Indian Museum on Wednesday
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A visitor looks at the Harappan human figurines on display at the Indian Museum on Wednesday

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Visitors at the Indian Museum on Wednesday
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Visitors at the Indian Museum on Wednesday

Amit Datta/My Kolkata

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