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Metalwork
Kali, Goddess of Destruction
Indian artist, (active )
Indian artist
India
Primary
6 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (15.2 x 9.5 x 5.7 cm)
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Brass
Brass
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Hindu, Indian, metalwork
Metalwork
A mother goddess of fertility and creation figures prominently in many belief systems. Although this sculpture has long been named Kali, Goddess of Destruction, an identification of this Hindu goddess has not yet been confirmed. She holds on her hip a small child and is accompanied by another. In her left hand is a cup and in her right, possibly a weapon.
Kali is a paradoxical figure: wild and destructive, yet also maternal. One story tells of Kali on the battlefield, dancing and rampaging wildly, drunk on the blood of her victims. In an effort to protect the world from her chaotic energy, her partner Shiva turns into a crying infant; Kali’s maternal impulses prevail and she calms down to soothe and nurse the child in need.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
1958.41
item
Memorial Art Gallery
3/13/2001
58.41DI#1
digital image
00/00/00
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58.41DI#2
digital image
10/29/2012
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/58.41_A2.jpg
Metalwork
Krishna (Venu-Gopla) as a Flute Player
Indian artist, (active )
Indian artist
India
Primary
4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
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Brass
Brass
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1600-1800, Hindu, Indian, metalwork, musical instruments (depictions), musicians
Metalwork
1958.42
item
Memorial Art Gallery
3/13/2001
58.42SL1
slide
full frontal
2 x 2
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58.42DI#1
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/Inventory pictures/58.42_I1.jpg
58.42DI#3
digital image
9/23/2021
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/58.42_A1.jpg