Parvati as Candika

Unidentified Pala Dynasty maker

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Pala Dynasty (about 900-1100)

Black limestone

Overall: 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of D. Herbert Beskind, Class of 1936

S.967.107

Geography

Place Made: India, South Asia, Asia

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Course History

ASCL 51.06/REL 41.07, Buddhism Sex, Gender in South East Asia, Sara Swenson, Spring 2022

HIST 96.01, Colonialism and Culture in Asia and Africa, Douglas Haynes, Spring 2022

REL 43.01, Buddhism in America, Reiko Ohnuma, Spring 2022

HIST 90.15/ASCL 54.12, Early Modern India, 1500-1800, Tiraana Bains, Fall 2022

Exhibition History

Dr. Ernest Hauswedell Auction, Hamburg, 1964.

Provenance

Dr. Ernest Hauswedell Auction, Hamburg, 1964, David Herbert Beskind (1915-2015), Class of 1936, New York, New York; given to present collection, 1967.

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