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Durga as the Slayer of the Buffalo Demon   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Durga as the Slayer of the Buffalo Demon
Description
This depiction of Durga is rare and important, as it is a large-scale example of the goddess in bronze. Her conquest over the buffalo demon is indicated by its severed head at her feet. She stands fourarmed and triumphant, with a wheel, conch shell, mace, and clod of earth in her hands.
Date 900
Medium Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 52 x 18.4 x 12.5 cm (20 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.); without tang: 44.8 cm (17 5/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Indian and South East Asian Art
Accession number
1996.27
Place of creation Cambodia, Koh Ker, 10th century
Credit line John L. Severance Fund
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.27

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