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About this object
History of use
For use in a small temple or household.
Cultural context
daily worship
Iconographic meaning
Tara, goddess of protection. Sits in lalitasana position.
Physical description
Female, wearing jewelry and a large headdress, seated under a decorated arch. Hand on the right is bent up grasping the stem of a large flower (lotus) at shoulder on the right. Hand on the left rests palm outward on right knee. Face and front of headpiece badly worn.
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