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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.