Shiva Nataraja
Unknown Indian, Indian
19th century
Bronze
Overall: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
S.962.68.1
Geography
Place Made: India, South Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Exhibition History
F.L. Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center Art Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February-April, 1983.
Publication History
Heinrich Zimmer, The Art of Indian Asia, p. 122.
Bronzes from Ceylon, Chiefly in the Colombo Museum, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1914, no. 10.
Provenance
Gilbran Co., Boston, Massachusetts; sold to Robert J. Poor, Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1962.
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