Stone statue of Ganesha
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Stone statue of Ganesha
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Published 2017-02-24T19:06:11+00:00
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Ganesha is the child of Shiva, one the three primary Hindu deities, and his wife Parvati, goddess of love, fertility and devotion. When he was young, Ganesha kept his father from seeing his mother Parvati in her bath. As a result, Shiva cut off his son's head. Seeing Parvati in despair over their son's death, Shiva agreed to restore the boy with the head of the first person he saw - in this case an elephant, hence Ganesha's elephant head. The most popular deity in India today. Ganesha is a god of prosperity and joy. He often appears as a rotund little boy, lively and in motion, holding sweets in his and and trunk
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Printing Details
Layer Thickness 150 microns. InFill 10%.
Technical Information
| Date published | 24/02/2017 |
| Time to do | 320 - 350 minutes |
| Material Quantity | 39 grams |
| Dimensions | 75mm x 40mm x 130mm |
| Technology | FDM |
| Complexity | Medium |
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| Title | Stone statue of Ganesha |
| Date | 13th - 15th Century |
| Dimension | Sculpture: 29 × 15 × 7 3/4 in. (73.66 × 38.1 × 19.69 cm) Mount: 3 × 16 × 10 in. (7.62 × 40.64 × 25.4 cm) On mount: 32 × 16 × 10 in. (81.28 × 40.64 × 25.4 cm) |
| Accession | 2015.2 |
| Period | South Asian Art |
| Medium | Black Schist stone with remnants of gesso and ritual puja pigment |
| Credit | Gift of David T. Owsley via the ALvin and Lucy Owsley Foundation. Cecil and Ida Green acquisition Fund and Wendover Fund |
| Record | https://www.dma.org/collection/artwork/asian/stone-statue-ganesha |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Dallas Museum of Art |
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