Goddess Kali
Item
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Title
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Goddess Kali
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Rights
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain.
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Creator
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Unknown
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Date
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ca. 1879
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Description
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The Hindu goddess Kali Ma is depicted as a young woman with a blue-black complexion, long flowing hair, four arms, a necklace of severed heads and a belt of severed limbs. She is standing on the corpse of her husband, Shiva, with a bloody sacrificial sword in her hand. There is a ghostly, monochrome scene in the background.
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Format
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Lithograph. Black ink and watercolor. 15 3/4 × 12 1/2 in.
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Publisher
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Contributor
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Shaelyn Fett
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Identifier
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2021.200.
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Subject
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Kali Ma; Shiva; Heads; Limbs; Blood; Sword; Death; Corpse; Hindu; Lithograph.
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Source
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Jpeg file. Unknown photographer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collection. Accessed 10/17/2023. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/849500.
Goddess Kali