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Viswavirat SwarupamEg355

Rectangular print, depicting a sixteen-armed deity; one arm raised with palm shown, one down by side and seven fanning out on either side of him. Red 'U' on forehead. The figure's sixteen hands each hold different object: mace; sword; arrow; cobra; trident; disc; etc. Wearing: one deity image on each forearm; floor length waist wrap covered by landscape scenes, animals, and other deities. Figure flanked by two blue skinned deities, Shiva and Krishna. Shiva has three horizontal white stripes and a red dot on forehead. Krishna has red ‘U’ on forehead. Diagonal lines of deities stand on either side. Print's lower left corner, male (Rama ?) with bow and arrow-filled quiver, stands, prays, while looking up at central male. Lower right, blue-skinned, four-armed male (Krishna) faces kneeling person. Above at print's top, hierarchic organization of five cobra heads towering behind. Central, frontal-facing one is larger than others. Light blue background at print's top half; light yellow green at lower half.

Culture
South India
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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