Tantric Goddess

14th century

9.8 cm 14.4 cm 7.4 cm

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Wearing a crown of five human skulls, a garland of severed heads, armbands made of live snakes, and a tiger-skin garment tied at the waist, this goddess projects a fierce power. The curved knife and skull cup she holds enhance her ferocious character, and the missing objects t...

Sculpture

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10912
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Ian Alsop, New York and Santa Fe [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, June 4 1992.
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en
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13
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