AN INDIAN BALSA WOOD MODEL OF TRICHINOPOLY HILLTOP, TAMIL NADU
AN INDIAN BALSA WOOD MODEL OF TRICHINOPOLY HILLTOP, TAMIL NADU

TRICHINOPOLY, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY

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AN INDIAN BALSA WOOD MODEL OF TRICHINOPOLY HILLTOP, TAMIL NADU
TRICHINOPOLY, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY
With label 'Made by T. S. Nagarathinam Pillay, Pith model worker, Pookulam, Trichinopoly', on wooden stand, in a later glass case
Glass case 12 1/8 x 17 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (30.8 x 43.7 x 30.7 cm.)

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Trichinopoly, sited on the bank of the River Cauvery (Kaveri) in Southern India, was the third most important fortified post in the Madras Presidency (one of the British administrative districts of India). The rectangular fort was built to enclose the Rock, one of several natural outcrops of volcanic gneiss which rise abruptly from the plain.

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