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    "localId": "9790",
    "label": "Hindu Goddesses",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/F.141"
}

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    "id": "9790",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/F.141",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Hindu Goddesses",
    "description": "These three goddesses powerfully embody \"shakti,\" the divine feminine energy that activates the cosmos, according to many traditions of Hindu thought. The central goddess, with a pyramid of animal heads, is an esoteric form of Kali, squatting on a jackal and dominating over a prostrate Bhairava, an angry form of the god Shiva. On the left is another form of the dark blue Kali, standing atop a male corpse. To the right is Durga, vanquishing the buffalo demon with the help of her lion. Below each goddess is a \"yantra,\" a sacred diagram that functions as a tool to focus the mind during meditation. In Hindu Tantra, each goddess is associated with a specific yantra that serves as her geometric representation. Devotees worship a goddess both in her figural form and as her yantra. The clothing that these devotees wear marks them as members of Nepali royalty.",
    "provenance": "Mr. Tsarong, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, July 1980, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 1800",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/F.141",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "paintings",
        "tangkas"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 98.8,
            "height": 91,
            "depth": 6.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Framed H: 38 7/8 × W: 35 13/16 × D: 2 11/16 in. (98.8 × 91 × 6.8 cm)"
}

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    ],
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        "2071"
    ]
}

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