http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/66602/ganesha ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Ganesha http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/66602/ganesha 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/66602/ganesha http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/66602/ganesha Sculpture Artist Unknown (Indonesia) 900 900 Indonesia, Eastern Java Volcanic stone (andesite) Sculpture Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:38:02 -0500 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:title cdwalite:title">Ganesha</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Artist</td> <td><h3><a property="dcterms:creator cdwalite:displayCreator" href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_workDisplayCreator/Artist+Unknown+%28Indonesia%29">Artist Unknown (Indonesia)</a></h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:created dc:date cdwalite:displayCreationDate cdwalite:earliestDate vra:date" content="900">10th-11th century</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td><a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_InstitutionTitle/Minneapolis+Institute+of+Arts">Minneapolis Institute of Arts</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Location</td> <td> On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, <a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/query/location%3A%22G213%22">G213</a> </td> </tr> </table><br/>potbellied, elephant headed figure with four arms; wearing traditional arm bands, bracelets, ankle ornaments and necklace; trousers of patterned material, crown with crescent moon and skull, and snake worn diagonally from L shoulder; hair piled high with hair in rope strands forming circular patterns in crown; sitting with both legs placed symmetrically beneath body with soles of feet facing each other directly with a gap between them; figure holds: broken tusk in LR hand, rosary in UR hand, battle axe in UL hand, and sweet meats in LL hand; figure sits on a double pedestal above a plain square base; disc halo behind head http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/66602/ganesha Artist Unknown (Indonesia)