Strut with Bhairava
This wood carving was once used as a strut to support the overhanging eave of a structure. Such struts with figures, usually of deities, are a characteristic feature of the wood-and-brick architecture in the Kathmandu Valley and beyond. The struts are usually brightly polychro...
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Sculpture
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id
19863
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contentType
sculpture
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Mark Shatin, Los Angeles [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, May 1970, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2021, by gift.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
7
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source
import
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| style |
style
Newar
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_f.167_Fnt_TR_AJ98IV-tms.jpg |
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| imageCount | 7 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/25.271 |
Terms
Medium
wood with traces of pigments
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