Kali

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Artist/Maker	Das, Hemchandra (Sri) (engraver)
Place of origin	Bengal

A woodcut with narrow black border, depicting the goddess Kali in traditional pose, standing on her husband Shiva and sticking her tongue out in shame at the moment of realisation. She holds a decapitated head in her bottom left hand and a sword in her top left hand. On either side of her stands a female figure with a sword.
There are two inscriptions and no additional colour washes.

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Category	Hinduism
Object type	Woodcut
Title	Kali (generic title)
Materials and techniques	woodcut print on paper Paper Watercolour Printing
Brief description	A woodcut depicting Kali
Physical description	A woodcut with narrow black border, depicting the goddess Kali in traditional pose, standing on her husband Shiva and sticking her tongue out in shame at the moment of realisation. She holds a decapitated head in her bottom left hand and a sword in her top left hand. On either side of her stands a female figure with a sword. There are two inscriptions and no additional colour washes.
Dimensions	Height: 39cm Width: 26.7cm
Marks and inscriptions	1: 'Sri Hemchandra Dasher khudita' 2: 'sang Shobabazaar' (Shoba bazaar is a bazaar in Kolkata, close ot the West bank of the Hooghly river.) Translation 1: cut by Sri Hemchandra Das 2: from Shoba bazaar
Subjects depicted	Death Sword Kali
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IM.465A-1923

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Record created	December 22, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O180709/kali-woodcut-das-hemchandra-sri/

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