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Item number Ef357 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Four-armed female (a) standing on prone male body which is lying on an animal skin. Female, tongue hanging out, wears a crown with an attached peacock feather ornament (e). A curved knife (c) fits into her upper hand on the right. A human head (d) with a point fits into her lower hand on the right. She wears a garland of skulls (b). Prone figure wears a headpiece with skulls and has a snare around its neck. Holds attributes in each hand.

History Of Use

For use in a small temple or household.

Iconographic Meaning

Image of Kali, the black goddess who embodies the power of time. Usually she is represented as half-naked, wearing a garland of skulls, her tongue hanging out of her mouth, and standing on the prone body of Shiva.