Statuette
29-64-194
From: India | Mathura (uncertain) | Brindavan (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-64-194 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian | Hindu |
| Provenience | India | Mathura (uncertain) | Brindavan (uncertain) |
| Date Made | 19th Century - 1918 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Technique | Cast |
| Iconography | Nataraja | Shiva | Balakrsna | Trishula | Agni | Damaru | Naga (Snake) | Ghanta | Pasha | Ankusha |
| Description | Cast bronze statue of 8-armed Shiva dancing on figure of Balakrsna, child-god, with butter-ball in his hand. Shiva's front right hands are in varada mudra and other right hands hold the agni, ghanta (bell), and a handle of what may be a trisula (trident). The front left hand is in abhaya mudra and other left hands hold a damaru, a naga (cobra), a pasa (lasso) or an ankusa (goad). Flaming aureole around both figures. Rectangular base. |
| Height | 36.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Alexander Scott Expedition to India, 1915-1918 |
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