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Title
Lakshmi-Narashimha
Artist
India, Andhra Pradesh
Century
15th century
Object Creation Date
15th century
Accession Number
1976/2.43
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.13953
Secondary Keywords
animals
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by state or condition
reptiles and amphibians
snakes
the natural world
Title
Ragamala: Asavari Ragini
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1800
Accession Number
1981/2.47
Medium and Support
ink and color on paper
relevance
rank 8.67334
Secondary Keywords
animals
architecture
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people and occupations
people by state or condition
religion
religions
reptiles and amphibians
snakes
subject matter
text-based art
the natural world
women
Title
Mukha-Linga
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, South India
Physical Description
This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.
Century
18th-19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1981/2.52A
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 8.31256
Secondary Keywords
animals and creatures
associated concepts
hinduism
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by state or condition
religions
religions and religious concepts
reptiles
snakes
Title
Mukha-Linga
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, South India
Physical Description
This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.
Century
18th-19th century
Object Creation Date
18th century - 19th century
Accession Number
1981/2.52B
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 8.27782
Secondary Keywords
animals and creatures
associated concepts
hindu
hinduism
named gods and goddesses
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by state or condition
religion
religions
religions and religious concepts
reptiles
snakes
subject matter
Title
Mukha-Linga, Cobra head
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, South India
Physical Description
This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.
Century
18th-19th century
Object Creation Date
18th century - 19th century
Accession Number
1981/2.52C
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 7.77151
Secondary Keywords
animals
animals and creatures
associated concepts
hinduism
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by state or condition
religions
religions and religious concepts
reptiles
reptiles and amphibians
snakes
the natural world
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