Kali
Painting
ca. 1865 (made)
ca. 1865 (made)
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Painting, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, depicting Kali, four-armed and three-eyed. She wears a garland of skulls and holds a decapitated head in her lower left hand.
Object details
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| Title | Kali (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Kali, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, India, ca. 1865 |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, depicting Kali, four-armed and three-eyed. She wears a garland of skulls and holds a decapitated head in her lower left hand. |
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| Content description | Kali, four-armed and three-eyed. She wears a garland of skulls and holds a decapitated head in her lower left hand. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs. E.M. Milford pp. Church Missionary Society |
| Object history | Given by Mrs E Mary Milford on behalf of the Church Missionary Society, London, 1949 |
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| Accession number | IS.5-1949 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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