shrine, votive with figure of four-armed Ganesha
date: label: Date
content: 12th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Ganesha is seated on closed lotus bud on three-tiered support in front of an arched niche. He carries in his upper right hand a goad or hatchett; in his lower right hand qhich rests on his knee he probably carries a flute; in upper left hand he seems to carry lotus; in lower left, probably his broken tusk. Small figure of rat to left.
place: label: Place
content: Northern, India
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Paul Manheim
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1968-155-19
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: shrine, votive with figure of four-armed Ganesha
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10.1 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm (4 x 2 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.)