Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Durga (Hindu Deity)

རྫོང་གི་ལྷ་མོ། རིའི་སྲས་མོ། 难近母(印度教女神)
(item no. 700060)
Origin Location Nepal
Date Range 1000 - 1099
Lineages Hindu
Material Bronze
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc.# P2000.27.3
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

(For additional information on the Hindu Goddess Durga see the stone image and description, The Goddess Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Related Items
Exhibition Appearances
Exhibition: From the Land of the Gods: Art of the Kathmandu Valley

Thematic Sets
Collection of RMA: Best of Collection 3
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Sculpture (Gallery 3)
Sculpture Set: Durga Medallions, Kathmandu
Nepal: Sculpture (Repousse)
Nepal: Sculpture (All)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Nepal
Sculpture: Female
Hindu Deity: Durga Main Page
Sculpture: Repousse Main Page (Hammered Metal)