Poster

About this object

Cultural context

Contemporary art.

Iconographic meaning

Shiva-Paravati and their son Ganesh.

Physical description

Poster depicting a male and a female figure with one yellow halo behind both of their heads. They are standing behind a seated figure with an elephant head. The male figure is blue and has a snake around his hair and neck. He has a third eye on his forehead. He holds a drum and trident in his upper right hand, and his other right hand is pointed upwards, palm out. One of his left hands holds a conch shell and the other rests on the woman's left shoulder. The female figure has a gold headdress and jewelry. Her right hand rests on the elephant figure's right shoulder, and her left hand holds a white lotus flower. The elephant figure is wearing an elaborate gold headdress, has four arms and holds an axe in his right hand. There is a black mouse beside the elephant figure. Background of blue sky, mountains, trees, and green hills.