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Durga as the Slayer of the Buffalo Demon
900s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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 four-armed and triumphant, with a wheel, conch shell, mace, and clod of earth in her hands.
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- Title: Durga as the Slayer of the Buffalo Demon
- Date Created: 900s
- Physical 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.)
- Provenance: (Natasha Eilenberg, Cornwall, CT, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.27
- Medium: bronze
- Fun Fact: The figure wears a head-dress, <em>kirita-makuta</em>, a diadem tied in the back and pointed at top.
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Cambodia, Koh Ker, 10th century
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Cambodian Art
- Accession Number: 1996.27
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