Stele of Ganesha
date
about 900-999
creation place
Asia, Indonesia, Jawa ; Java
medium & support
Carved welded rhylotic tuff
measurements
30.87 x 20 x 13.87 in. (78.41 x 50.8 x 35.23 cm)
credit line
Gift of David T. Owsley via the Alconda-Owsley Foundation
accession number
1993.032.000
keywords
abstract idea, allegory, anatomy, animal, anthropomorphic figure, Asians, bending, biology, body, ceremonial object, Corpo humano, crossed legs, earth, elephant, faculties, figure, Ganesha, gods, high relief, Hinduism, human being, human figure, idea, knowledge, leg, lotus, mammal, monument, nationality, nature, non-Christian religion, personification, race (human), reasoning, relief, religion, religious object, Ripa, rite, ritual object, sculpture, sitting, stele, supernatural, tailor, trunked animal, understanding, wisdom, world, zoomorphic figure
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