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| Keywords: Nepalese - Dancing Ganesha - Walters 543011.jpg Ganesha is a popular Hindu deity worshipped before undertaking a task and the son of the supreme god Shiva Ganesha has a childlike nature here eating from a bowl of sweets with his trunk as he sways His elephant head makes him easy to identify although he wasn't born with it Seeing his son for the first time Shiva flew into a jealous rage and decapitated Ganesha His mother demanded that Shiva replace the child's head; his servants returned with the head of an elephant century 15 16 gilt bronze cm 15 2 accession number 54 3011 5443 John and Berthe Ford Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2002 Desire and Devotion Art from India Nepal and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum Albuquerque 2001-2003 place of origin Nepal Walters Art Museum license Nepalese art in the Walters Art Museum Metalwork of Nepal Dancing Ganesha in sculpture Bronze of Nepal Hindu art in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
