- Title
- Śiva fertility shrine
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- Description
- A shrine of Śiva holding a trident and a lion attacking a bull. The shrine is draped with necklaces as offerings.It is believed to be a fertility shrine from Maharastra, India.
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- Format Extent
- 1 bronze sculpture; 15.24 x 11.43 cm (6 in x 4 1/2 in)
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- Subject
- Hinduism--India; Relief (Sculpture); Siva (Hindu deity); Metal-work
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- Note
- This artifact was featured in the Loyola Marymount University gallery show “The Color of God” in October 2003 with label text "Woman’s Fertility Shrine; Shiva with the trident, Brahman represented in the main body of the shrine, covered with offerings asking for divine intervention to aid, in the conception of a child."
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- Collection
- Jim and Jeanne Pieper Collection, AR-010, A556
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- Donor
- Jim and Jeanne Pieper
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- Type
- ["Personal shrines"]
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- Keywords
- ["Devotional images","Fertility"]
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- Geographic Location
- Maharashtra (India)
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