Poster
About this object
Cultural context
Contemporary art.
Physical description
Poster depicting the Goddess Durga, God Ganesh, Goddess Laxmi, God Kartikeya, and the Goddess Saraswati. At the centre of the image is a ten-armed woman with her right foot on a lion and her left foot in the palm of a man she is stabbing, who is to the right of the lion. The lion stands over a severed bull's head with a tear running down from its eye. Four other figures, two to each side, are below the central one. At the bottom left is a four-armed figure with the head of an elephant. He is holding a disk in his upper right hand, a mace in his lower right hand, and a weapon and a conch shell in his left hands. By his left foot sits a rat. At the top left is a female figure with a lotus blossom in her right hand and a mace in her left. She wears a jeweled headdress and necklaces as well as a flower garland. At the top right is a second female figure with a musical instrument in her left hand and a flower in her right. She wears a jeweled crown, jeweled necklaces, and a flower garland around her neck. At the bottom right is a male figure with and arrow is his right hand and a bow in his left. He has a flower garland around his neck, and he is wearing an orange turban with yellow and blue pants.
Categories
Date Made
Before 1996
Date Acquired
6 Jul 2004
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 45.8 cm x 32.7 cm
Object Number
2632/70