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    "localId": "169267",
    "label": "Colossal Head of a Deva",
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    "id": "169267",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Colossal Head of a Deva",
    "description": "This head is from one of the gods (<em>devas</em> in Sanskrit) who, according to Hindu myth, churned the primordial Ocean of Milk to extract the nectar of immortality. Using a mountain as a churning rod and a serpent as the rope, the gods on one side and the demons on the other vied to win the nectar. The gods prevailed and achieved immortality.",
    "date": "c. 1200",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.147",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 71.3 x 50 x 47 cm (28 1/16 x 19 11/16 x 18 1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Cambodia, Angkor, Preah Khan"
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    "tombstone": "Colossal Head of a Deva, c. 1200. Cambodia, Angkor, Preah Khan. Sandstone; overall: 71.3 x 50 x 47 cm (28 1/16 x 19 11/16 x 18 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma, 2011.147",
    "collection": "Cambodian Art",
    "didYouKnow": "The deity’s conical tiara consists of a diadem with floral decoration and is topped by a five-tiered lotus narrowing upward.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Sotheby's, New York. <em>Indian &amp; Southeast Asian Art</em>. 26 March 2003. Lot 28.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: Lot 28, pp. 38–39"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Mann, C. Griffith, and Amy Bracken Sparks. \"Acquisitions 2011.\" <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 52, no. 2 (March/April 2012): 10–27.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 18–19",
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    "galleryDonorText": "Nancy F. & Joseph P. Keithley Gallery",
    "updatedAt": "2026-06-18 21:17:55.071000",
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