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© Dhiren Ch. Karnakar; Image © National Museums Scotland
View full screenFigure of the Hindu goddess Durga as Mahishasura, slaying the buffalo demon Mahisha, with attributes and surrounded by her children, used in religious observances, cast brass: South Asia, India, West Bengal, Bankura district, Bikna Shilpadanga, by Dhiren Ch. Karmakar, c. 2002
K.2002.2117
Karmakar, Dhiren Ch, 2002 (fl.), Sculptor
Bikna Shilpadanga, Bankura district, West Bengal, India, South Asia
c. 2002
Dokra
Brass, clay core; executed in cire-perdu or lost wax process
Depicted: Durga
Depicted: Ganesh
Depicted: Kartik
Depicted: Lakshmi
Depicted: Sarasvati
Depicted: Mahishasura
Traditions in Sculpture (29 Jul 2011)
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Chopsticks, large pair, carved in yew with a chain link head, for demonstration workshop in Edinburgh, January 2002: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, by Urakawa Tahachi
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