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| Keywords: Indian - Shiva as the Supreme Teacher - Walters 25241.jpg Originally this carved wood sculpture would have been polychromed and would have been part of a chariot still used in festivals when the temple deities are taken for a ride on ceremonial occasions Often the chariot is in the form of a mobile temple and hence is provided with subsidiary shrines holding the same images as a stone temple century 17 18 Nayak wood cm 47 34 3 accession number 25 241 30123 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 Tamil Nadu India Walters Art Museum license Sculptures from India in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Dakshinamurti Hindu art in the Walters Art Museum 17th-century art of India Sculptures from Tamil Nadu | ||||
