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When posed in this powerful and exuberant manner, the image of Hanuman stood at the top of a standard. As the son of the wind god and the most powerful of the primeval forest-dwellers, who are depicted with the head and tail of a monkey and the body of a man, Hanuman as an emblem spelled success in battle.
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- Title: Hanuman
- Date Created: 1100s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 18 x 19 cm (7 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Dr. Norman Zaworski [1920–2013], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.169
- Medium: bronze
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Cambodia, Angkor, Bayon style, 12th Century
- Credit Line: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
- Collection: Cambodian Art
- Accession Number: 1991.169
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