Statue

Cast by cire perdue. A ganesa, pot-bellied and elephant headed is a traditional Brahmanical Hindu deity who was imported to Southeast Asia from India. He is Lord of the Ganes, and as such is both the Remover and Placer of obstacles. He is popularly considered to be the God of Good Luck. The image (vurti) site in padinasana; he holds in his four hands; a. upper right; perhaps the pasa (a noose of ropes) b. Upper left: perhaps the ankusa (elephant goad) Lower hands hold an unknow stick-like object resting on thighs.