popular print;
print
- Museum number
- 2016,3051.159
- Title
- Object: Kaliyamman
- Description
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Popular print, depicting Goddess Kali in her four armed avatar. She is seen riding her characteristic mount the lion. Her skin is green, and her headdress looks like a mass of red flames. Her forehead is smeared with ash, and she displays the sacred tripundra tilak on all four forearms. Her hands hold aloft the damru, trident and conch shell.
Chromolithograph with a veneer.
- Production date
- 20thC (mid)
- Dimensions
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Height: 366 millimetres
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Width: 246 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- This depiction of Goddess Kali as the destructive avatar of Goddess Parvati can be traced to South India.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2017, G90
- Acquisition date
- 2016
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2016,3051.159